diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index db408c4..b02f5d5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ python_codon_tables>=0.1.12,<1.0
 pytorch_lightning>=2.2.1,<3.0
 scikit-learn>=1.2.2,<2.0
 scipy>=1.13.1,<3.0
-setuptools>=68.2.2,<70.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0
 torch>=2.0.0,<3.0
 tqdm>=4.66.2,<5.0
 transformers>=4.40.0,<5.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6741ad3..e4e9648 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ def read_requirements():
 
 def read_readme():
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    readme_path = os.path.join(here, 'README.md')
-    
-    with open(readme_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    readme_path = os.path.join(here, "README.md")
+
+    with open(readme_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         return f.read()
 
+
 setup(
     name="CodonTransformer",
     version="1.5.2",