diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index c90b3ab229..4b98776ae2 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ pytest~=6.1
 pytest-mypy~=0.7
 pip~=20.2
 setuptools~=50.3
-wheel~=0.35
+wheel~=0.36
 
 -e .