diff --git a/backend/python/requirements.txt b/backend/python/requirements.txt
index 722c18e..278a9d4 100644
--- a/backend/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/python/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ networkx==2.3
 Flask_Cors==3.0.8
 requests==2.18.4
 Werkzeug==0.15.4
-setuptools==39.0.1
+setuptools==65.5.1
 typing==3.7.4
 Flask==1.1.1
 base58==1.0.3