diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 98c1dbdf..4461aceb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ build =
     bork==5.0.0
     pip==20.2.4
     setuptools==50.3.2
-    wheel==0.35.1
+    wheel==0.36.1
 
 # testing and linting are split, to avoid CI problems
 # with Python 3.6 and 3.8 on FreeBSD.