diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index c174b40..60cb7e1 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # like Pillow and psycopg2
 # See http://bitly.com/wheel-building-fails-CPython-35
 # Verified bug on Python 3.5.1
-wheel==0.29.0
+wheel==0.38.1
 
 # Bleeding edge Django
 django==1.11.28