diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b27ab9da5..18fb36128 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Features
 * Renders Django projects with 100% starting test coverage
 * Twitter Bootstrap_ v4.0.0 - `alpha 4`_ (`maintained Foundation fork`_ also available)
 * 12-Factor_ based settings via django-environ_
+* Secure by default. We believe in SSL.
 * Optimized development and production settings
 * Registration via django-allauth_
 * Comes with custom user model ready to go
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index c32a03241..49e5ed18d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ django==1.10.5
 # Configuration
 django-environ==0.4.1
 {% if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' -%}
-whitenoise==3.2.3
+whitenoise==3.3.0
 {%- endif %}
 
 
 # Forms
-django-braces==1.10.0
+django-braces==1.11.0
 django-crispy-forms==1.6.1
 
 # Models
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ celery==3.1.24
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
 rcssmin==1.0.6 {% if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' %}--install-option="--without-c-extensions"{% endif %}
-django-compressor==2.1
+django-compressor==2.1.1
 {% endif %}
 
 # Your custom requirements go here
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 4de7285c9..855a1f4b5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 coverage==4.3.4
 django-coverage-plugin==1.4.1
 
-Sphinx==1.5.1
+Sphinx==1.5.2
 django-extensions==1.7.6
 Werkzeug==0.11.15
-django-test-plus==1.0.16
+django-test-plus==1.0.17
 factory-boy==2.8.1
 
 django-debug-toolbar==1.6
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 8714ec4a3..9827cee5d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Collectfast==0.5.1
 
 # Email backends for Mailgun, Postmark, SendGrid and more
 # -------------------------------------------------------
-django-anymail==0.7
+django-anymail==0.8
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry_for_error_reporting == "y" -%}
 # Raven is the Sentry client
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
index cf409547b..5c46d1282 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ psycopg2==2.6.2
 
 coverage==4.3.4
 flake8==3.2.1 # pyup: != 2.6.0
-django-test-plus==1.0.16
+django-test-plus==1.0.17
 factory-boy==2.8.1
 
 # pytest