diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f4a1076..c4c026b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ It is live here: [http://healthchecks.io/](http://healthchecks.io/)
 The building blocks are:
 
 * Python 2 or Python 3
-* Django 1.9
+* Django 1.11
 * PostgreSQL or MySQL
 
 ## Setting Up for Development
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3d669c09..5a6534fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 croniter
-Django==1.10.5
+Django==1.11.1
 django_compressor==2.1
 psycopg2==2.6.2
 pytz==2016.7