diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 95d1c19..7692ee7 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pip==8.1.2
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-wheel==0.29.0
+wheel==0.38.1
 watchdog==0.8.3
 flake8==2.6.0
 tox==2.3.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 241c6ce..2c51240 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 setup_requirements = [
     # TODO(rdoume): put setup requirements (distutils extensions, etc.) here
     'bumpversion==0.5',
-    'wheel==0.29',
+    'wheel==0.38.1',
     'watchdog==0.8',
     'flake8==2.6',
     'Cython',