diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec5fc60b5f..a277ee7128 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- conf-mode -*-
-setuptools>=51.1.0    # Require this first, to prevent later errors
+setuptools>=78.1.1    # Require this first, to prevent later errors
 #
 argon2-cffi>=21.3.0    # For the Argon2 password hasher option
 beautifulsoup4>=4.11.1    # Only used in tests