diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c77782c..92dd614 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 Version History
 ===============
 
-Version 0.8.4 (unreleased)
---------------------------
-* Fix `ROSETTA_REQUIRES_AUTH = False` wasn't respected (#203, BarnabasSzabolcs)
+Version 0.9.0
+-------------
+* Fix `ROSETTA_REQUIRES_AUTH = False` wasn't respected (#203, @BarnabasSzabolcs)
+* Django-rosetta now requires Django 1.11 or newer. Rosetta 0.8.3 is the last version to support Django 1.8 through 1.10. (#204, thanks @claudep)
 
 
 Version 0.8.3
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f32c7a6..6ee4bf1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Rosetta is a `Django <http://www.djangoproject.com/>`_ application that eases th
 
 Because it doesn't export any models, Rosetta doesn't create any tables in your project's database. Rosetta can be installed and uninstalled by simply adding and removing a single entry in your project's `INSTALLED_APPS` and a single line in your main ``urls.py`` file.
 
-Note: as of version 0.7.13 django-rosetta requires Django 1.8 or later.
+Note: as of version 0.7.13 django-rosetta requires Django 1.8 or later. As of version 0.9.0, django-rosetta requires Django 1.11 or later.
 
 ********
 Features
diff --git a/rosetta/__init__.py b/rosetta/__init__.py
index 4bb98b9..d5b7b4b 100644
--- a/rosetta/__init__.py
+++ b/rosetta/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (0, 8, 4)
+VERSION = (0, 9, 0)
 default_app_config = "rosetta.apps.RosettaAppConfig"
 
 
diff --git a/rosetta/tests/tests.py b/rosetta/tests/tests.py
index c1f0397..c3ff729 100644
--- a/rosetta/tests/tests.py
+++ b/rosetta/tests/tests.py
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class RosettaTestCase(TestCase):
         # (Have to log in again, since our session engine changed)
         self.client.login(username='test_admin', password='test_password')
         self.assertTrue('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware'
-                        in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES)
+                        in settings.MIDDLEWARE)
 
         # Only one backend to test: cache backend
         rosetta_settings.STORAGE_CLASS = 'rosetta.storage.CacheRosettaStorage'
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class RosettaTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_29_unsupported_p3_django_16_storage(self):
         if VERSION[0:2] < (2, 0):
             self.assertTrue('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware'
-                            in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES)
+                            in settings.MIDDLEWARE)
 
             settings.SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.signed_cookies"
             rosetta_settings.STORAGE_CLASS = 'rosetta.storage.SessionRosettaStorage'
diff --git a/testproject/settings.py b/testproject/settings.py
index 3bb9acb..ec8f6db 100644
--- a/testproject/settings.py
+++ b/testproject/settings.py
@@ -52,14 +52,13 @@ if django.VERSION[0:2] >= (1, 7):
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en"
 
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+MIDDLEWARE = (
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware'
 )
-MIDDLEWARE = MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
 
 # Note: languages are overridden in the test runner
 LANGUAGES = (