diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 099b3946c..955a2f511 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--r production.txt
+-r base.txt
 
 Werkzeug[watchdog]==3.1.3 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.13  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb