diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 29427c4..b443d9b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ xarray
 pandas
 cftime==1.6.1
 netCDF4==1.6.4
-wheel==0.40.0
+wheel==0.46.2
 flake8==3.7.8
 tox==4.6.4
 coverage==4.5.4