diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e319a6b5..2690a51f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #   deactivate
 #
 
-Django>=1.4
+Django>=1.4,<1.9
 python-memcached==1.47
 txAMQP==0.4
 simplejson==2.1.6