diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 250a9973..84208b13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 packaging>=20.9
+wheel>=0.43
 pyyaml
 py-cpuinfo
 # we set this to be above 0a0 so that it doesn't