diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 456c99b..3e65e40 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ include_package_data = true
 python_requires = >= 3.6
 test_suite = tests
 setup_requires =
-    setuptools >=38.3.0
+    setuptools >=39.2.0
     # To automatically write the version from a SCM.
     # Note: It fails with tags named as `Release_2.2.0-RC0`, because it is
     # not conforming to semantic versioning, but it succeed with tags as