diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
index 45d0df88..ce15eaca 100644
--- a/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/requirements/production.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sentry-sdk==1.43.0  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 django-anymail==10.3  # https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
-setuptools>=68.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 
 # Elastic-APM  # https://pypi.org/project/elastic-apm/
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------