diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0304e1f228d1051cacd96021c06f5fffb0f9ab88..8655fc5614b8a722082d3c47f350877c44e42e64 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setup(name="pytato",
       python_requires="~=3.8",
       install_requires=[
           "loopy>=2020.2",
-          "pytools>=2020.4.5"
+          "pytools>=2021.1"
           ],
 
       author="Andreas Kloeckner, Matt Wala, Xiaoyu Wei",