diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0240a1da..0cf91f7e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ python-pptx>=1.0.2
 ruamel.yaml>=0.19.1
 sentence-transformers>=6.1.0
 # the CUDA image's torch 2.11 requires setuptools<82
-setuptools>=81.0.0
+setuptools>=84.0.0
 sse_starlette>=3.5.0
 starlette_context>=0.5.1
 striprtf>=0.0.33