diff --git a/build/venv-test-ipywidgets8-requirements.txt b/build/venv-test-ipywidgets8-requirements.txt
index e1c724f2f..398db20d9 100644
--- a/build/venv-test-ipywidgets8-requirements.txt
+++ b/build/venv-test-ipywidgets8-requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ipympl
 
 # Security updates for transitive dependencies
 pillow>=12.3.0
-setuptools>=84.0.0
+setuptools>=84.2.0
 zipp>=4.1.1
 tornado>=6.5.10
 anyio>=4.4.0