diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6cf615e69087413e41e1cc4c0f145653299bf19c..e3fe4d2c7e492a82f0cb2ebe1a320a2f92419114 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.11.0
 drf-nested-routers==0.91
 Pillow==4.3.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
+wheel==0.37.0
 
 # needed for the database (container)
 psycopg2_binary==2.8.6