diff --git a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
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--- a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
+++ b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ export SZIPVER=2.1
 export HDF5VER=1.8.15-patch1    # also may come in from system or $COTS_HOME
 export H5PYVER=2.5.0
 
-export CYTHONVER=0.23.3
+export CYTHONVER=0.23.4
 export NUMEXPRVER=2.4.4
 export BLOSCVER=1.2.8
 export PYTABLESVER=3.2.2
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ export SCIPYVER=0.16.0
 
 # optional packages 
 export DISTRIBUTEVER=0.6.28
-export SETUPTOOLSVER=18.3.2
+export SETUPTOOLSVER=18.4
 export ATLASVER=3.10.1
 export EUGENEVER=4.9.2
 export HARFBUZZVER=1.0.4
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ export BOTTLENECKVER=1.0.0
 export HDF4VER=4.2.11
 export PYHDFVER=0.8.3
 export PY3HDFVER=0.8.3
-export PYRESAMPLEVER=1.1.3
+export PYRESAMPLEVER=1.1.4
 export PYINOTIFYVER=0.9.4
-export SHAPELYVER=1.5.12
+export SHAPELYVER=1.5.13
 export PILVER=1.1.7
 export PYLIBTIFFVER=r91
 export CONFIGOBJVER=5.0.6
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ export PYPARSINGVER=2.0.3
 export CERTIFIVER=2015.9.6.2
 export TORNADOVER=4.2.1
 export NOSEVER=1.3.7
-export SIXVER=1.9.0
+export SIXVER=1.10.0
 export BPSMHVER=3.4.0.2 # backports.ssl_match_hostname used by matplotlib webagg
 export VIRTVER=13.1.2
 export PYOPENGLVER=3.1.1a1
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