diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index e17c7b0..c96b496 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.30.0
 watchdog==0.8.3
 flake8==3.5.0
-tox==2.9.1
+tox==3.8.6
 coverage==4.4.2
 Sphinx==1.6.5
 PyYAML==3.12