diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e382c0c2b..e8147872e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # cryptography is required for heroku deployment
 #cryptography==1.3.2
 jinja2==2.10.1
-django==2.2.16
+django==2.2.28
 django-reversion==3.0.8
 djangorestframework==3.12.2