diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8305cc..573add4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ python3-wget
 beautifulsoup4
 jsonmerge
 spdx-tools==0.7.0rc0
-npm
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+npm
+setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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