diff --git a/pip_requirements.txt b/pip_requirements.txt
index f306612d48e..1dbc47afeff 100644
--- a/pip_requirements.txt
+++ b/pip_requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ django-kombu==0.9.4
 django-nose==1.1
 django-profiles==0.2
 django-secure==0.1.2
-django==1.4.8
+django==2.2.28
 docutils==0.8.1
 elasticsearch==0.4.3
 github2==0.5.2