diff --git a/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml b/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
index 6c82482a..26a0da0f 100644
--- a/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/e2e_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "py-algorand-sdk==1.17.0",
     "pytest==6.2.5",
     "PyYAML==6.0",
-    "setuptools ==65.5.1",
+    "setuptools ==70.0.0",
 ]