diff --git a/collatex-pythonport/requirements.txt b/collatex-pythonport/requirements.txt
index 2463ac345..1042ada00 100644
--- a/collatex-pythonport/requirements.txt
+++ b/collatex-pythonport/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 networkx==1.11
 prettytable>=0.7.2
-wheel==0.38.1
+wheel==0.46.2
 #decorator>=4.0.10
 python-levenshtein