diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f986041..09a946a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Sphinx==1.2.2
 argparse==1.2.1
 cffi==0.8.2
 cryptography==0.3
-distribute==0.6.24
+distribute==0.7.3
 docutils==0.11
 pyOpenSSL==0.14
 pycparser==2.10