diff --git a/common-requirements.txt b/common-requirements.txt
index 8152868..95f9c3d 100644
--- a/common-requirements.txt
+++ b/common-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Due to issues with some packages compiling on dev machines we break out
 # requirements that are needed on Heroku (requirements.txt) and on dev machines
 # (dev-requirements.txt)
-Django==1.8.14
+Django==1.11.23
 psycopg2==2.6
 
 # Environment Manager