diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3acae228a49..d0ab90557d7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     # for downloading datasets over HTTPS
     "requests>=2.19.0",
     # progress bars in download and scripts
-    "tqdm>=4.27",
+    "tqdm>=4.42",  # tqdm.contrib.concurrent
     # dataclasses for Python versions that don't have it
     "dataclasses;python_version<'3.7'",
     # for fast hashing