diff --git a/Reference Project/web_speller/backend/requirements/base.txt b/Reference Project/web_speller/backend/requirements/base.txt
index f7b6df4..412136b 100644
--- a/Reference Project/web_speller/backend/requirements/base.txt	
+++ b/Reference Project/web_speller/backend/requirements/base.txt	
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ redis>=2.10.6
 # celery==4.1.1
 
 # Powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs
-djangorestframework==3.8.2
+djangorestframework==3.9.1
 
 # Python implementation of Markdown for DRF
 Markdown==2.6.11