diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 4b2ac77f..0df716ad 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+djangorestframework==3.7.7  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
 pytz==2018.3  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
 awesome-slugify==1.6.5  # https://github.com/dimka665/awesome-slugify
 Pillow==5.0.0  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow