diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 910036050b..1f6eb8b4e9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Ask your questions on our `Google Group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum
 
 Compatibility
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Wagtail supports Django 1.7.0+ on Python 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4.
+Wagtail supports Django 1.7.1+ on Python 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4.
 
 Wagtail's dependencies are summarised at `requirements.io <https://requires.io/github/torchbox/wagtail/requirements>`_.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2cf645026f..0ecc19863c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    "Django>=1.7.0,<1.8",
+    "Django>=1.7.1,<1.8",
     "django-compressor>=1.4",
     "django-modelcluster>=0.5",
     "django-taggit==0.12.3",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 49db8ec7c9..1f40d90177 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ base =
     coverage
 
 dj17 =
-    Django>=1.7,<1.8
+    Django>=1.7.1,<1.8
 
 dj18 =
     https://github.com/django/django/archive/stable/1.8.x.zip#egg=django
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
index 844a4df90e..b5dfbfea62 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Minimal requirements
-Django>=1.7,<1.8
+Django>=1.7.1,<1.8
 wagtail==0.8.6
 django-libsass>=0.2
 Pillow>=2.6.1