diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 91578dac..48fcfaca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ jobs:
         id: python-path
         run: |
           echo ::set-output name=path::$(python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
+      - name: Install latest pip, setuptools, wheel
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel --upgrade-strategy=eager
       - name: Install dependencies
         env:
           PIPENV_DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 432ba3ff..5567962b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == "publish":
 
 required = [
     "certifi",
+    "setuptools>=36.2.1",
     "virtualenv-clone>=0.2.5",
     "virtualenv",
 ]