diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
index 2c573541ab712f..12d97a8b17db1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 jinja2<3.1
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 Sphinx==2.4.4
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability