diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e548687..cac458b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cookiecutter==1.5.1
-flake8==3.2.1 # pyup: != 2.6.0
-sh==1.12.9
+flake8==3.3.0 # pyup: != 2.6.0
+sh==1.12.10
 binaryornot==0.4.0
 
 # Testing
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index 055da6f5..efab0578 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ AUTOSLUG_SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = 'slugify.slugify'
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 ########## CELERY
 INSTALLED_APPS += ['{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.taskapp.celery.CeleryConfig']
-# if you are not using the django database broker (e.g. rabbitmq, redis, memcached), you can remove the next line.
-INSTALLED_APPS += ['kombu.transport.django']
 BROKER_URL = env('CELERY_BROKER_URL', default='django://')
 if BROKER_URL == 'django://':
     CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'redis://'
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 49e5ed18..eceb87bb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ wheel==0.29.0
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Bleeding edge Django
-django==1.10.5
+django==1.10.6
 
 # Configuration
 django-environ==0.4.1
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ Pillow==4.0.0
 
 # For user registration, either via email or social
 # Well-built with regular release cycles!
-django-allauth==0.30.0
+django-allauth==0.31.0
 
 {% if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' -%}
 # On Windows, you must download/install psycopg2 manually
 # from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#psycopg
 {% else %}
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
-psycopg2==2.6.2
+psycopg2==2.7
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Unicode slugification
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ django-redis==4.7.0
 redis>=2.10.5
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
-celery==3.1.24
+celery==4.0.2
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 7fddb24f..8093d77c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 coverage==4.3.4
 django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
 
-Sphinx==1.5.2
+Sphinx==1.5.3
 django-extensions==1.7.7
 Werkzeug==0.11.15
 django-test-plus==1.0.17
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index fbc3a62d..9a860f87 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
 # If using Win for dev, this assumes Unix in prod
 # ------------------------------------------------
-psycopg2==2.6.2
+psycopg2==2.7
 {%- endif %}
 
 # WSGI Handler
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
index afb97ded..78fec942 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' -%}
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
 # If using Win for dev, this assumes Unix in test/prod
-psycopg2==2.6.2
+psycopg2==2.7
 {%- endif %}
 
 coverage==4.3.4