diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 81a1705c3..fb0b326cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ rlp<1.0.0
 ethereum>=2.3.0
 ZODB>=5.3.0
 z3-solver>=4.5
-laser-ethereum>=0.5.20
+laser-ethereum>=0.17.0
 requests
 BTrees
 plyvel
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88b359f28..58fb41914 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def run(self):
         'ethereum>=2.3.0',
         'ZODB>=5.3.0',
         'z3-solver>=4.5',
-        'laser-ethereum>=0.5.20',
+        'laser-ethereum>=0.17.0',
         'requests',
         'BTrees',
         'py-solc',