diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 58b6c63a90a3..37704f1f50de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21399,11 +21399,11 @@ in modules // {
 
   wheel = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "wheel-${version}";
-    version = "0.26.0";
+    version = "0.29.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/w/wheel/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "eaad353805c180a47545a256e6508835b65a8e830ba1093ed8162f19a50a530c";
+      sha256 = "1ebb8ad7e26b448e9caa4773d2357849bf80ff9e313964bcaf79cbf0201a1648";
     };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pytest pytestcov coverage ];