diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 78132142b..20e62c9e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ six==1.10.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
 Sphinx==1.3.5
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.9
-wheel==0.29.0
+wheel==0.38.1