diff --git a/source/src/notebook/healthcare-and-life-sciences/c-1-protein-folding-quantum-random-walk/requirements.txt b/source/src/notebook/healthcare-and-life-sciences/c-1-protein-folding-quantum-random-walk/requirements.txt
index d99cf4c90..7b0e43b77 100644
--- a/source/src/notebook/healthcare-and-life-sciences/c-1-protein-folding-quantum-random-walk/requirements.txt
+++ b/source/src/notebook/healthcare-and-life-sciences/c-1-protein-folding-quantum-random-walk/requirements.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ s3transfer==0.5.2
 scikit-learn==1.5.0
 Send2Trash==1.8.0
 setproctitle==1.3.2
-setuptools==70.0.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.2.0
 soupsieve==2.4