diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index f5d216ea..bb7cdb65 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==0.30.0
+wheel==0.45.0
 
 # Bleeding edge Django
 django==2.0.2