diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f28a830..a182737 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ python:
 
 env:
   - TWISTED_RELEASE="twisted"
-  - TWISTED_RELEASE="twisted==16.0.0"
+  - TWISTED_RELEASE="twisted==17.0.0"
 
 install: pip install $TWISTED_RELEASE -e .[tests]
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2f1d657..49a5dd7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ should start with a slash, but not end with one; for example::
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-All Channels projects currently support Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5. `daphne` requires Twisted 16.0 or
+All Channels projects currently support Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5. `daphne` requires Twisted 17.0 or
 greater.
 
+
 Contributing
 ------------