diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a95ee4473..01e97a577 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install_requires =
     identify>=1.0.0
     nodeenv>=0.11.1
     pyyaml>=5.1
-    virtualenv>=20.10.0
+    virtualenv>=20.35.4
 python_requires = >=3.10
 
 [options.packages.find]