diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index b04dbfd1..e628da49 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ django-compressor==2.2  # https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor
 django-redis==4.9.0  # https://github.com/niwinz/django-redis
 
 # Django REST Framework
-djangorestframework==3.7.7  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
+djangorestframework==3.8.2  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
 coreapi==2.3.3  # https://github.com/core-api/python-client