diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index edecbdc8..bc59f1cc 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ machine:
 
 dependencies:
     override:
+        - pip install --upgrade setuptools
         - pip install -e .
         - pip install pytest==3.2.5 hypothesis
 test: