diff --git a/README b/README
index 970c267..72dce71 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Setup
 In order to make use of this application you will need:
 
 * Python 3.4+
-* Django 1.8.x - tested with 1.8.18; newer versions may work, but
-  the application has not been tested with 1.9 or newer.
+* Django 1.11.x - tested with 1.11.12; newer versions may work, but
+  the application has not been tested with 2.0 or newer.
 * RabbitMQ 3.6.x - tested with 3.6.10.
 * For production usage, a web server set up to host Django applications
   (not needed for local-only testing)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30573a6..604c653 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ anyjson==0.3.3
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 celery==4.1.0
 confusable-homoglyphs==2.0.2
-Django<1.9
+Django>1.11.0,<1.12
 django-cors-headers==1.1.0
 django-nvd3==0.9.7
 django-ranged-response==0.2.0
 django-registration==2.4.1
-django-reversion==1.9.3
-django-reversion-compare==0.5.6
+django-reversion==2.0.13
+django-reversion-compare==0.8.4
 django-simple-captcha==0.5.6
-djangorestframework==3.6.4
+djangorestframework==3.8.2
 gitdb==0.6.4
 GitPython==2.1.8
 Jinja2==2.10
 kombu==4.1.0
 MarkupSafe==1.0
 mysqlclient==1.3.12
-Pillow==5.0.0
-python-nvd3==0.14.2
-python-slugify==1.2.4
-pytz==2018.3
+Pillow==5.1.0
+python-nvd3==0.15.0
+python-slugify==1.2.5
+pytz==2018.4
 six==1.11.0
 smmap==0.9.0
 smmap2==2.0.3