diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4eb7aaff7..85b49dad5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 passenv =
 deps =
-    check-manifest==0.27
+    check-manifest==0.28
 commands =
     {envdir}/bin/check-manifest --ignore 'qutebrowser/git-commit-id,qutebrowser/html/doc,qutebrowser/html/doc/*,*/__pycache__'