diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3cbffed63..f5b68596f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Changelog
  * Added ability to limit access to form submissions (Mikalai Radchuk)
  * Added the ability to configure the number of days search logs are kept for (Stephen Rice)
  * Fix: Migrations for wagtailcore and project template are now reversible (Benjamin Bach)
+ * Fix: Migrations no longer depend on wagtailcore and taggit's `__latest__` migration, logically preventing those apps from receiving new migrations (Matt Westcott)
  * Fix: The default image format label text ('Full width', 'Left-aligned', 'Right-aligned') is now localised (Mikalai Radchuk)
  * Fix: Text on the front-end 'password required' form is now marked for translation (Janneke Janssen)
  * Fix: Text on the page view restriction form is now marked for translation (Luiz Boaretto)
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.rst b/docs/releases/1.7.rst
index 2093813b0..9e47b459c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
  * Migrations for wagtailcore and project template are now reversible (Benjamin Bach)
+ * Migrations no longer depend on wagtailcore and taggit's ``__latest__`` migration, logically preventing those apps from receiving new migrations (Matt Westcott)
  * The default image format label text ('Full width', 'Left-aligned', 'Right-aligned') is now localised (Mikalai Radchuk)
  * Text on the front-end 'password required' form is now marked for translation (Janneke Janssen)
  * Text on the page view restriction form is now marked for translation (Luiz Boaretto)
@@ -67,6 +68,26 @@ Bug fixes
 Upgrade considerations
 ======================
 
+Project template's initial migration should not depend on ``wagtailcore.__latest__``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+On projects created under previous releases of Wagtail, the ``home/migrations/0001_initial.py`` migration created by the ``wagtail start`` command contains the following dependency line:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('wagtailcore', '__latest__'),
+    ]
+
+This may produce ``InconsistentMigrationHistory`` errors under Django 1.10 when upgrading Wagtail, since Django interprets this to mean that no new migrations can legally be added to wagtailcore after this migration is applied. This line should be changed to:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('wagtailcore', '0029_unicode_slugfield_dj19'),
+    ]
+
+
 .. _filter_spec_migration:
 
 Custom image models require a data migration for the new ``filter_spec`` field
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/home/migrations/0001_initial.py b/wagtail/project_template/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 094ba4f1c..cdc80819a 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.db import migrations, models
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ('wagtailcore', '__latest__'),
+        ('wagtailcore', '0029_unicode_slugfield_dj19'),
     ]
 
     operations = [
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtaildocs/migrations/0001_initial.py b/wagtail/wagtaildocs/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 1ca277820..f0d6c5c74 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtaildocs/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtaildocs/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import wagtail.wagtailsearch.index
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ('taggit', '__latest__'),
+        ('taggit', '0001_initial'),
         migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
     ]
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailimages/migrations/0001_initial.py b/wagtail/wagtailimages/migrations/0001_initial.py
index b87a212d5..fa88ef387 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailimages/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailimages/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import wagtail.wagtailsearch.index
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ('taggit', '__latest__'),
+        ('taggit', '0001_initial'),
         migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
     ]