diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 992c8eedf..8292763ac 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "Django>=1.8.1,<1.10",
     "django-modelcluster>=1.1,<1.2",
     "django-taggit>=0.17.5",
-    "django-treebeard==3.0",
+    "django-treebeard>=3.0,<5.0",
     "djangorestframework>=3.1.3",
     "Pillow>=2.6.1",
     "beautifulsoup4>=4.3.2",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cc0703e3a..fd63fba2b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ basepython =
 deps =
     django-modelcluster>=1.1b1
     django-taggit>=0.17.5
-    django-treebeard==3.0
+    django-treebeard>=3.0,<5.0
     django-sendfile==0.3.6
     djangorestframework==3.1.3
     Pillow>=2.3.0