diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 96f0a23..e6b356f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pytest-cov==1.6
 flake8==2.2.2
 
 # wheel for PyPI installs
-wheel==0.24.0
+wheel==0.38.1
 
 # MkDocs for documentation previews/deploys
 mkdocs==0.11.1