diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 817ba3a..5748571 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django==1.8.16
+Django==1.11.23
 django-guardian==1.2.5
 django-haystack==2.3.1
 Whoosh==2.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b6d0ca9..ef2ba0c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    'django>=1.5,<1.7',
+    'django>=1.5,<1.12',
     'modeltree>=1.1.9',
     'South==1.0.2',
     'jsonfield==1.0.0',