diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/python-packages.nix
--- a/pkgs/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages.nix
@@ -611,13 +611,13 @@
     };
   };
   setuptools = super.buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "setuptools-20.8.1";
+    name = "setuptools-30.1.0";
     buildInputs = with self; [];
     doCheck = false;
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [];
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/c4/19/c1bdc88b53da654df43770f941079dbab4e4788c2dcb5658fb86259894c7/setuptools-20.8.1.zip";
-      md5 = "fe58a5cac0df20bb83942b252a4b0543";
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/1e/43/002c8616db9a3e7be23c2556e39b90a32bb40ba0dc652de1999d5334d372/setuptools-30.1.0.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "cac497f42e5096ac8df29e38d3f81c3e";
     };
     meta = {
       license = [ pkgs.lib.licenses.mit ];
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # core
-setuptools==20.8.1
+setuptools==30.1.0
 
 Beaker==1.7.0
 configobj==5.0.6