diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index d5012532..c89de8f0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sentry-sdk==0.13.2  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {%- if cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' %}
-django-storages[boto3]==1.7.2  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
+django-storages[boto3]==1.8  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
 django-storages[google]==1.7.2  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
 {%- endif %}