diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ae6a0526a2c00e9b2ef7ab92e2f99bff0db452f..0ded83faaebbc657751ab073af0ad992a2e1fb51 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def main():
 
             install_requires=[
                 "numpy",
-                "pytools>=2015.1.1",
+                "pytools>=2015.1.2",
                 "pytest>=2",
                 "decorator>=3.2.0",
                 "cffi>=1.1.0",