diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c70553248..d351be885 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ six==1.9.0
 Twisted==15.4.0
 txJSON-RPC==0.3.1
 utilitybelt==0.2.6
-virtualchain==0.0.1
+virtualchain==0.0.2
 zope.interface==4.1.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69f4298ac..9f9e13b75 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        'virtualchain>=0.0.1',
+        'virtualchain>=0.0.2',
         'kademlia>=0.5',
         'keychain>=0.1.3'
     ],