diff --git a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
index 97a9fe6141ea..e7c902713375 100644
--- a/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdks/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools",
-    "wheel>=0.36.0",
+    "wheel>=0.46.3",
     "grpcio-tools==1.62.1; python_version <= '3.12'",
     "grpcio-tools==1.71.0; python_version >= '3.13'",
     "mypy-protobuf==3.5.0",