diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33ae7a9d..e728efc4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pytest
 mock
 pytest-mock
 wheel
-setuptools>=17.1
+setuptools>=17.2
 pexpect
 pypandoc
 pytest-benchmark