diff --git a/source/jormungandr/requirements.txt b/source/jormungandr/requirements.txt
index 87ea4cf6b5..47d37fa941 100644
--- a/source/jormungandr/requirements.txt
+++ b/source/jormungandr/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 configparser==4.0.2 ; python_version == "2.7"
-setuptools==44.1.0 ; python_version == "2.7"
+setuptools==65.5.1 ; python_version == "2.7"
 Flask==1.1.1
 flask_restful==0.3.7
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4