diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6dd8cc1..fd313158 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "wrapt~=1.17.0",
     "chardet~=5.2.0",
     "sarif-pydantic~=0.6.1",
-    "setuptools~=80.0",
+    "setuptools~=81.0",
 ]
 keywords = ["codemod", "codemods", "security", "fix", "fixes"]
 classifiers = [