diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ce019b10..b7e1ecded 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             "pytest-instafail==0.5.0",
             "pytest-cov==4.1.0",
             "pycodestyle==2.11.1",
-            "black==23.11.0",
+            "black==23.12.1",
             "isort==5.13.0",
             "mypy==1.7.1",
             # type stubs for mypy