diff --git a/local-requirements.txt b/local-requirements.txt
index 3f605d7af..bdbe6c3d9 100644
--- a/local-requirements.txt
+++ b/local-requirements.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ setuptools==72.2.0
 twisted==24.7.0
 types-pyOpenSSL==24.1.0.20240722
 types-requests==2.32.0.20240712
-wheel==0.42.0
+wheel==0.44.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a6195600..2261cc2fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def _download_and_extract_local_driver(
         "pyee==11.1.0",
     ],
     # TODO: Can be removed once we migrate to pypa/build or pypa/installer.
-    setup_requires=["setuptools-scm==8.1.0", "wheel==0.42.0"],
+    setup_requires=["setuptools-scm==8.1.0", "wheel==0.44.0"],
     classifiers=[
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
         "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers",