diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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--- a/ChangeLog.md
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Starting with v1.31.6, this file will contain a record of major features and updates made in each release of graph-notebook.
 
 ## Upcoming
+- Upgraded `setuptools` dependency to 70.x ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/649))
 
 ## Release 4.5.0 (July 15, 2024)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ipykernel==5.3.4
 ipyfilechooser==0.6.0
 neo4j>=4.4.9,<5.0.0
 rdflib==7.0.0
-setuptools>=65.5.1,<=66.0.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0,<=70.0.3
 nbconvert>=6.3.0,<=7.2.8
 jedi>=0.18.1,<=0.18.2
 markupsafe<2.1.0