diff --git a/changes/250.changed b/changes/250.changed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6251501d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/250.changed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove parasite verisons of `setuptools` in Dockerfiles and install `setuptools>70.0.0` to tackle last identified CVEs
diff --git a/substrafl/remote/register/register.py b/substrafl/remote/register/register.py
index f7170421..d562b463 100644
--- a/substrafl/remote/register/register.py
+++ b/substrafl/remote/register/register.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 FROM python:{python_version}-slim
 
 # update image
-RUN apt-get update -y
+RUN apt-get update -y && pip uninstall -y setuptools
 """
 
 _GPU_BASE_IMAGE = """
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 ENV PATH="/home/user/venv/bin:$PATH" VIRTUAL_ENV="/home/user/venv"
 
 # install dependencies
-RUN python{python_version} -m pip install -U pip
+RUN python{python_version} -m pip install -U pip && pip install -U setuptools>=70.0.0
 
 # Copy local wheels
 {copy_wheels}
diff --git a/tests/remote/register/test_register.py b/tests/remote/register/test_register.py
index 959eb014..1c2c43d6 100644
--- a/tests/remote/register/test_register.py
+++ b/tests/remote/register/test_register.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def test_get_base_docker_image_cpu():
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # update image
-RUN apt-get update -y
+RUN apt-get update -y && pip uninstall -y setuptools
 """
     assert expected_dockerfile == _get_base_docker_image("3.12", use_gpu=False)
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_create_dockerfile(tmp_path, local_installable_module):
 FROM python:{python_version}-slim
 
 # update image
-RUN apt-get update -y
+RUN apt-get update -y && pip uninstall -y setuptools
 
 # create a non-root user
 RUN addgroup --gid 1001 group
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def test_create_dockerfile(tmp_path, local_installable_module):
 ENV PATH="/home/user/venv/bin:$PATH" VIRTUAL_ENV="/home/user/venv"
 
 # install dependencies
-RUN python{python_version} -m pip install -U pip
+RUN python{python_version} -m pip install -U pip && pip install -U setuptools>=70.0.0
 
 # Copy local wheels
 COPY {substrafl_wheel} {substrafl_wheel}