diff --git a/flask-server/requirements.txt b/flask-server/requirements.txt
index 2e93968f..af45f719 100644
--- a/flask-server/requirements.txt
+++ b/flask-server/requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PyJWT==1.7.1
 pytz==2020.1
 requests==2.24.0
 rsa==4.6
-setuptools==40.3.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 six==1.15.0
 soupsieve==2.0.1
 urllib3==1.25.10