diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90399c9..d2f7dd7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ httpx = ">=0.23.0,<1.0.0"
 pre-commit = "~2.21"
 cryptography = "~42.0.4"
 Faker = "~15.3"
-setuptools = "^75.3.0"
 
 # tests
 pytest = "~7.3"