diff --git a/cbmi/settings.py b/cbmi/settings.py
index d3b4bbf..b270422 100644
--- a/cbmi/settings.py
+++ b/cbmi/settings.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 import ldap
 from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch, GroupOfNamesType
 
-AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldap://lea.cbrp3.c-base.org"
+AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldaps://lea.cbrp3.c-base.org"
 AUTH_LDAP_USER_DN_TEMPLATE = "uid=%(user)s,ou=crew,dc=c-base,dc=org"
 AUTH_LDAP_START_TLS = False
 AUTH_LDAP_BIND_AS_AUTHENTICATING_USER = True
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 069dd5c..74c029c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django==1.11.16
+Django==1.11.25
 #MySQL-python==1.2.5
 django-auth-ldap>=1.7.0
 django-json-rpc>=0.7.2