diff --git a/etc/loadtests/locust/requirements.txt b/etc/loadtests/locust/requirements.txt
index b4c83cf4a5dd..9d48387d8640 100644
--- a/etc/loadtests/locust/requirements.txt
+++ b/etc/loadtests/locust/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ msgpack-python==0.5.6
 pyzmq==19.0.1
 pip==20.1.1
 six==1.15.0
-setuptools==47.3.1
+setuptools==65.5.1
 requests==2.24.0
 Werkzeug==1.0.1
 urllib3==1.26.5