diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 573df1fc1a..0931609a06 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Dependencies for setting up pip to install our requirements.txt file.
 pip==18.1
-setuptools==40.5.0
+setuptools==40.6.1
 wheel==0.32.2
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index beacb7ee8f..d0914864b1 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ ZULIP_VERSION = "1.9.0+git"
 # Typically, adding a dependency only requires a minor version bump, and
 # removing a dependency requires a major version bump.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = '26.12'
+PROVISION_VERSION = '26.13'