diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 204fd63..66fa130 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ pycountry==19.8.18
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 requests==2.22.0
 s3transfer==0.1.13
-setuptools==38.5.2
+setuptools==40.3.0
 six==1.12.0
 transip==2.0.0