diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c91c72..6d6c3ac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr>=1.6
 # Horizon Core Requirements
 Babel>=1.3
-Django<1.9,>=1.7
+Django<1.9,>=1.8
 django-compressor>=1.4
 django-openstack-auth>=2.0.0
 iso8601>=0.1.9