diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9040f24f..f07aca7e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ install_requires = [
     'inflection==0.3.1',
     'future==0.16.0',
     'boto3==1.4.2',
-    'boto==2.44.0',  # we might make this optional
+    'boto==2.45.0',  # we might make this optional
     'acme==0.9.3',
     'retrying==1.3.3',
     'tabulate==0.7.7',