diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 56ba667..0325aca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # cryptography is required for heroku deployment
 coverage==3.6
-django==2.0.13
+django==2.2.24
 dj-database-url==0.2.1
 gunicorn==0.17.4
 psycopg2==2.8.3