diff --git a/requirements.d/all.txt b/requirements.d/all.txt
index 21ba795..561f0a4 100644
--- a/requirements.d/all.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/all.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # packages always needed
 dnspython
 netaddr
-django~=1.11.0
+django~=2.2.0
 django-bootstrap-form
 django-registration-redux
 django-extensions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73e98ec..898a92f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'dnspython<1.17.0',  # 1.16 is last with py27 support
         'netaddr',
-        'django>=1.11.0',
+        'django>=2.2.0',
         'django-bootstrap-form',
         'django-registration-redux',
         'django-extensions',
diff --git a/src/nsupdate/settings/base.py b/src/nsupdate/settings/base.py
index 84ee44c..0f7704e 100644
--- a/src/nsupdate/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/nsupdate/settings/base.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
                 # 'django.template.context_processors.media',
                 # 'django.template.context_processors.static',
                 # 'django.template.context_processors.tz',
-                # 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                 'social_django.context_processors.backends',
                 'social_django.context_processors.login_redirect',