diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 494c63021..a3960aee1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: install windows dependencies
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'win')
         run: |
-          pip install delvewheel==0.0.12
           python setup.py fetch_libzmq --dll
           xcopy /i libzmq-dll C:\\libzmq-dll
 
diff --git a/tools/wheel-requirements.txt b/tools/wheel-requirements.txt
index 6c51206ac..11706e997 100644
--- a/tools/wheel-requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/wheel-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 cibuildwheel==2.8.1
 cython==0.29.30
+delvewheel==0.0.22; sys_platform == 'win32'