diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 17671942904469ae71a34fd6b376049c2da45dc7..0ac6d0d4ffc7439633fc7e39efe8c393fad3a7ef 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.10"
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_STACK="cedar"
 PYTHON_EXE="/app/.heroku/python/bin/python"
 PIP_VERSION="7.0.3"
-SETUPTOOLS_VERSION="16.0"
+SETUPTOOLS_VERSION="17.0"
 
 # Setup bpwatch
 export PATH=$PATH:$ROOT_DIR/vendor/bpwatch
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