diff --git a/managed/devops/python3_requirements.txt b/managed/devops/python3_requirements.txt
index d02b0492abb0..3f5e26dbb409 100644
--- a/managed/devops/python3_requirements.txt
+++ b/managed/devops/python3_requirements.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ PyYAML
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.0
 requests==2.32.3
 scp==0.14.5
-setuptools==72.2.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 six
 yb-cassandra-driver
diff --git a/managed/devops/python3_requirements_frozen.txt b/managed/devops/python3_requirements_frozen.txt
index f031e93890f4..0f4a542aa6a2 100644
--- a/managed/devops/python3_requirements_frozen.txt
+++ b/managed/devops/python3_requirements_frozen.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ resolvelib==1.0.1
 rsa==4.9
 s3transfer==0.10.4
 scp==0.14.5
-setuptools==72.2.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 six==1.17.0
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 uritemplate==3.0.1