diff --git a/src/container/kube-manager/requirements.txt b/src/container/kube-manager/requirements.txt
index c69d1868b..2d4696956 100644
--- a/src/container/kube-manager/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/container/kube-manager/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ future
 six
 sandesh==0.1.dev0
 sandesh_common
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability