diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5eb642474..a91e3f4f6
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ matplotlib>=3.3.4
 psutil>=5.8.0
 tensorboard>=2.4.1
 # pinned because of a crash in Snyk
-setuptools>=65.5.1,<67.0.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0
 torchvision>=0.10.0
 torchmetrics==0.8
 hydra-core>=1.2.0