diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 7878834..362b805
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ django-storages-redux==1.3.2
 django-taggit==0.22.0
 django-toolbelt==0.0.1
 django-treebeard==4.1.0
-djangorestframework==3.6.2
+djangorestframework==3.9.1
 elasticsearch==5.3.0
 Embedly==0.5.0
 gunicorn==19.7.1