diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 57dbfab..e41b473 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django==1.4
+Django==2.2.24
 -e git://github.com/JeffHeard/ga_ows.git#egg=ga_ows-dev
 lxml==2.3.4
 psycopg2==2.4.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1aedebf..a7ed11b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def fullsplit(path, result=None):
       install_requires=[
         "lxml",
         # python dependencies
-        "Django==1.4",
+        "Django==2.2.24",
         # testing
         "django-nose",
         "nose>=1.0",