diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
index d868ec97..d9f2ea26 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ def test_should_manytomany_convert_connectionorlist():
 
 
 def test_should_manytoone_convert_connectionorlist():
-    graphene_type = convert_django_field(Reporter.articles.related)
+    # Django 1.9 uses 'rel', <1.9 uses 'related
+    related = getattr(Reporter.articles, 'rel', None) or \
+              getattr(Reporter.articles, 'related')
+    graphene_type = convert_django_field(related)
     assert isinstance(graphene_type, ConnectionOrListField)
     assert isinstance(graphene_type.type, DjangoModelField)
     assert graphene_type.type.model == Article
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/utils.py b/graphene/contrib/django/utils.py
index 2b4519fc..2b1ec6aa 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/utils.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ def get_type_for_model(schema, model):
 
 def get_reverse_fields(model):
     for name, attr in model.__dict__.items():
-        related = getattr(attr, 'related', None)
+        # Django =>1.9 uses 'rel', django <1.9 uses 'related'
+        related = getattr(attr, 'rel', None) or \
+                  getattr(attr, 'related', None)
         if isinstance(related, models.ManyToOneRel):
             yield related
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b2c324c..c40a4c35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     extras_require={
         'django': [
-            'Django>=1.6.0,<1.9',
+            'Django>=1.6.0',
             'singledispatch>=3.4.0.3',
             'graphql-django-view>=1.0.0',
         ],