diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d44fef8..9794364 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ pycountry==19.8.18
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 requests==2.22.0
 s3transfer==0.3.0
-setuptools==40.3.0
+setuptools==44.0.0
 six==1.13.0
 transip==2.0.0