diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index ce4cb80211..667fc42e19 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mypy==1.4.1
 pip~=23.3
 pytest~=7.4
 pytest-mypy~=0.10
-setuptools~=68.0.0
+setuptools~=68.1.2
 types-python-dateutil~=2.8
 wheel~=0.41