diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ffc1f6a6..511619ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CoG application dependencies
-django==1.10.4
+django==2.2.24
 django-grappelli==2.8.1
 #django-openid-auth==0.7', # must be installed independently from fork
 sqlalchemy>=1.0.11,<1.3