diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5daeb28b28..981311e770 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def check_setuptools_features():
     'pyyaml~=3.12',
     'aiohttp~=2.3',
     'python-rapidjson-schema==0.1.1',
-    'bigchaindb-abci==0.4.4',
+    'bigchaindb-abci==0.4.5',
     'setproctitle~=1.1.0',
 ]