diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79aeacfd8..bb6156669 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Django==1.11.3
 requests==2.13.0
 requests-oauthlib==0.7.0
 thrift==0.10.0
-djangorestframework==3.6.2
+djangorestframework==3.8.2
 
 wagtail==2.0
 wagtailfontawesome>=1.1.3,<1.2