diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9902b948ab..479f8783f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Evennia main branch
+
+- [Fix][issue3696]: Fix Django version minimum string being too picky (Griatch)
+
+
+[issue3796]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues/3796
+
+
+
 ## Evennia 5.0.0
 
 Jul 1, 2025
diff --git a/evennia/VERSION_REQS.txt b/evennia/VERSION_REQS.txt
index 910c028f1d..c294674bdb 100644
--- a/evennia/VERSION_REQS.txt
+++ b/evennia/VERSION_REQS.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 PYTHON_MIN = 3.11
 PYTHON_MAX_TESTED = 3.13.100
 TWISTED_MIN = 24.11
-DJANGO_MIN = 5.2.0
+DJANGO_MIN = 5.1
 DJANGO_MAX_TESTED = 5.2.100