diff --git a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash
index 4f0640bcd8..346962ea84 100644
--- a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash
+++ b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/wheel/json
-md5  3e73dfac6b3b47a7d1cd52e81885618f  wheel-0.47.0.tar.gz
-sha256  cc72bd1009ba0cf63922e28f94d9d83b920aa2bb28f798a31d0691b02fa3c9b3  wheel-0.47.0.tar.gz
+md5  f668e4885de814378b332eceea04a8a0  wheel-0.48.0.tar.gz
+sha256  94800765601e9171bf5d58d066e640662842bcedcbab982b2c90787a2c987322  wheel-0.48.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  30c23618679108f3e8ea1d2a658c7ca417bdfc891c98ef1a89fa4ff0c9828654  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk
index ae379b7ed6..20101cd406 100644
--- a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk
+++ b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WHEEL_VERSION = 0.47.0
+PYTHON_WHEEL_VERSION = 0.48.0
 PYTHON_WHEEL_SOURCE = wheel-$(PYTHON_WHEEL_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WHEEL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/39/62/75f18a0f03b4219c456652c7780e4d749b929eb605c098ce3a5b6b6bc081
+PYTHON_WHEEL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/20/50ed6bdf27dec98b568a8ae25dc599f35baa3d9709f9e83fd1edb56b9a90
 PYTHON_WHEEL_SETUP_TYPE = flit
 PYTHON_WHEEL_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_WHEEL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 PYTHON_WHEEL_CPE_ID_VENDOR = wheel_project
 PYTHON_WHEEL_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = wheel
+HOST_PYTHON_WHEEL_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-packaging
 
 $(eval $(host-python-package))