diff --git a/requirements_production.txt b/requirements_production.txt
index 9c4d6fdb0..38c0e6dd8 100644
--- a/requirements_production.txt
+++ b/requirements_production.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jsonfield>=0.9,<0.10
 natsort>=3.2,<3.3
 reportlab>=2.7,<2.8
 roman>=2.0,<2.1
-setuptools>=2.1,<3.5
+setuptools>=2.1,<3.7
 sockjs-tornado>=1.0,<1.1
 tornado>=3.1,<3.3
 whoosh>=2.5.6,<2.6