diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/setup.py b/datadog_checks_dev/setup.py
index f3192af26f63e..f1fa7d94f3cd8 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/setup.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/setup.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             'toml>=0.9.4, <1.0.0',
             'tox>=3.12.1',
             'twine>=1.11.0',
-            'virtualenv==20.0.5',  # pin virtualenv version due to https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/1669
+            'virtualenv==20.*',
             'wheel>=0.31.0',
         ]
     },