diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2ad5d043..4d885e93 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:freeze]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements-direct.txt
+recreate = True
 whitelist_externals=sh
 commands=
     sh -c "pip freeze | grep -v '^promenade' > {toxinidir}/requirements-frozen.txt"