diff --git a/packages/typespec-python/generator/requirements.txt b/packages/typespec-python/generator/requirements.txt
index bebbbb5a645..08c63746d2b 100644
--- a/packages/typespec-python/generator/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/typespec-python/generator/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ pathspec==0.11.1
 platformdirs==3.2.0
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 tomli==2.0.1
-setuptools==69.2.0
+setuptools==70.0.0