diff --git a/build_requirements.txt b/build_requirements.txt
index fccc2e4faf14..3cccf734fd39 100644
--- a/build_requirements.txt
+++ b/build_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 meson-python>=0.10.0
 Cython>=0.29.30,<3.0
-wheel==0.37.0
+wheel==0.38.4
 ninja
 git+https://github.com/scientific-python/devpy
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 3e7d3fef79dd..d7c5c9ae22e8 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cython>=0.29.30,<3.0
-wheel==0.37.0
+wheel==0.38.4
 setuptools==59.2.0
 hypothesis==6.24.1
 pytest==6.2.5