diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 260beb5..04c7881 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ django-rq
 django-taggit
 django-taggit-templatetags
 django-user-agents
-Django==2.2.13
+Django==2.2.27
 djangorestframework
 freegenes>=0.0.12
 h5py