diff --git a/requirements/basics.txt b/requirements/basics.txt
index 7189a58b2..52954f765 100644
--- a/requirements/basics.txt
+++ b/requirements/basics.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 setuptools==43.0.0;python_version<="2.7"
 setuptools==59.6.0;python_version<="3.6" and python_version>"2.7"
-setuptools==67.8.0;python_version>="3.7"
+setuptools==68.0.0;python_version>="3.7"
 virtualenv==20.15.1;python_version<="2.7"
 virtualenv==20.17.1;python_version<="3.6" and python_version>"2.7"
 virtualenv==20.23.0;python_version>="3.7"
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 60f6cd697..c3a5d1a5c 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r docs-check.txt
 
 myst-parser==2.0.0
-setuptools==67.8.0
+setuptools==68.0.0
 sphinx==6.2.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2