diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91b1d5b3da..6dda27e14c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 
 ### General
 
+- Up requirements to Django 1.11.x, Twited 18 and pillow 5.2.0
 - Start structuring the `CHANGELOG` to list features in more detail.
 - Docker image `evennia/evennia:develop` is now auto-built, tracking the develop branch.
 - Inflection and grouping of multiple objects in default room (an box, three boxes)
diff --git a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
index 4ae2699e60..6b41f16d4a 100644
--- a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SRESET = chr(19)       # shutdown server in reset mode
 
 # requirements
 PYTHON_MIN = '2.7'
-TWISTED_MIN = '16.0.0'
+TWISTED_MIN = '18.0.0'
 DJANGO_MIN = '1.11'
 DJANGO_REC = '1.11'
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 347b838fe6..cf51c7c98d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Evennia dependencies, for Linux/Mac platforms
 
 # general
-django > 1.10, < 2.0
-twisted == 16.0.0
-pillow == 2.9.0
+django > 1.11, < 2.0
+twisted >= 18.0.0, < 19.0.0
+pillow == 5.2.0
 pytz
 future >= 0.15.2
 django-sekizai
diff --git a/win_requirements.txt b/win_requirements.txt
index 8a2f519a81..5e23f6fe67 100644
--- a/win_requirements.txt
+++ b/win_requirements.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 # windows specific
 pypiwin32
 
-# general
-django > 1.10, < 2.0
-twisted >= 16.0.0
+django > 1.11, < 2.0
+twisted >= 18.0.0, < 19.0.0
 pillow == 2.9.0
 pytz
 future >= 0.15.2