diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 263b55aac..0ef35c137 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setuptools.setup(
-        setup_requires=['setuptools>=34.0', 'setuptools-gitver'],
+        setup_requires=['setuptools>=36.2.7', 'setuptools-gitver'],
         gitver=True)