diff --git a/buildout.cfg b/buildout.cfg
index a798ba07db934893b6507ecd84904a6747545682..4b73fbcb598e83d8341bef7c823497a903309608 100644
--- a/buildout.cfg
+++ b/buildout.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ develop = .
 versions = versions
 
 [versions]
-django = <2.0
+django = >=1.11,<2.0
 django-guardian = >=1.3
 django-activity-stream = >= 0.6.0