diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48ca679..08670a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ flake8==2.2.2
 django-polymorphic>=0.8,<0.9
 
 # wheel for PyPI installs
-wheel==0.24.0
+wheel==0.38.1
 
 # MkDocs for documentation previews/deploys
 mkdocs==0.14.0