diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 174a067..710fa91 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ X-Python-Version: >= 2.7
 Package: python-welco
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
-    python-django (>= 1.7),
+    python-django (>= 1.8),
     python-gadjo,
     python-requests (>= 2.11),
     python-django-haystack (>= 2.4.0),