diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d19824b457..b9f7706416 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 pbr>=1.6
 # Horizon Core Requirements
 Babel>=1.3
-Django<1.9,>=1.7
+Django<1.9,>=1.8
 Pint>=0.5 # BSD
 django-babel>=0.4.0
 django-compressor>=1.4