diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/settings.py b/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
index 0bbc1c5fec4..7fa669e1920 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@
 
     'mezzanine.core.request.CurrentRequestMiddleware',
     'mezzanine.core.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware',
-    'mezzanine.core.middleware.TemplateForDeviceMiddleware',
-    'mezzanine.core.middleware.TemplateForHostMiddleware',
     'mezzanine.core.middleware.AdminLoginInterfaceSelectorMiddleware',
     'mezzanine.core.middleware.SitePermissionMiddleware',
     'mezzanine.pages.middleware.PageMiddleware',
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/utility/templatetags/adminsortable_tags_custom.py b/network-api/networkapi/utility/templatetags/adminsortable_tags_custom.py
index 9f742b294b9..94ffe2c5cb7 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/utility/templatetags/adminsortable_tags_custom.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/utility/templatetags/adminsortable_tags_custom.py
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ def render_sortable_objects(
     objects,
     sortable_objects_template='adminsortable/shared/objects.html'
 ):
-    context.update({'objects': objects})
     tmpl = template.loader.get_template(sortable_objects_template)
-    return tmpl.render(context)
+    return tmpl.render({
+        'objects': objects,
+        'opts': context.get('opts'),
+    })
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
@@ -22,9 +24,12 @@ def render_nested_sortable_objects(
     group_expression,
     sortable_nested_objects_template='adminsortable/shared/nested_objects.html'
 ):
-    context.update({'objects': objects, 'group_expression': group_expression})
     tmpl = template.loader.get_template(sortable_nested_objects_template)
-    return tmpl.render(context)
+    return tmpl.render({
+        'objects': objects,
+        'group_expression': group_expression,
+        'opts': context.get('opts'),
+    })
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
@@ -33,9 +38,11 @@ def render_list_items(
     list_objects,
     sortable_list_items_template='adminsortable/shared/list_items.html'
 ):
-    context.update({'list_objects': list_objects})
     tmpl = template.loader.get_template(sortable_list_items_template)
-    return tmpl.render(context)
+    return tmpl.render({
+        'list_objects': list_objects,
+        'opts': context.get('opts'),
+    })
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True, name='render_object_rep')
@@ -44,10 +51,13 @@ def render_object_rep(
     obj,
     forloop
 ):
-    context.update({'object': obj, 'forloop': forloop})
     tmpl = template.loader.get_template(
         '{app_name}/adminsortable_objects_custom.html'.format(
             app_name=context.get('opts').app_label
         )
     )
-    return tmpl.render(context)
+    return tmpl.render({
+        'object': obj,
+        'forloop': forloop,
+        'opts': context.get('opts'),
+    })
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb3644c0784..99a7590d232 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Core
-Django==1.10.8
+Django==1.11
 gunicorn==19.6.0
 djangorestframework==3.5.4
 django-filter==1.0.2
 
-# Mezzanine CMS
-Mezzanine==4.2.3
+# Mezzanine CMS - Use version with Django 1.11 LTS support
+git+https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine@521a98c39bb6351c4b46067069f33caf95fe0a5e#egg=Mezzanine
 filebrowser_s3==1.0.0
 
 # social auth is useful
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ django-cors-headers==2.0.2
 django-csp==3.3
 
 # Admin sort models
-django-admin-sortable==2.1.0
+django-admin-sortable==2.1.2
 
 # HTTP requests
 requests==2.13.0