diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
index 39d84173ab..5d462a9ad8 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   * @edx/devops - to check system requirements
 
 # Pin packaging tools the same as edxapp.  Keep them in sync for our sanity.
-setuptools==34.0.2
+setuptools==37.0.0
 pip==9.0.1
 
 
diff --git a/requirements/edx/pre.txt b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
index 2dd4a0f168..265cd46ad0 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/pre.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Packaging pre-requisites.
 pyparsing==2.0.7
-setuptools==34.0.2
+setuptools==37.0.0
 pip==9.0.1
 
 # Numpy and scipy can't be installed in the same pip run.