diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2f8cb5c18c..a274be8dcd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Dependabot will keep these versions up to date.
 
 pip == 25.1.1          # pip is the package installer for Python
-setuptools == 80.0.0   # for building Python packages
+setuptools == 80.3.1   # for building Python packages
 pyelftools == 0.32     # for building U-Boot
 unidiff == 0.7.5       # for parsing unified diff
 GitPython == 3.1.44    # for manipulating git repos