diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84ee9cd0558d564ea3140c0259cab6a744a6b651..d755408b3f60cc168e8631916cc234fe51c2905c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
 
+LONG_DESCRIPTION = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read(),
+
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'Environment :: Web Environment',
@@ -24,13 +26,13 @@ setup(
     name='helloworld',
     version='0.1',
     description='A Django hello world example ',
-    long_description=open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')).read(),
+    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     url='https://github.com/django-ve/helloworld',
     license='GPL',
     platforms=['OS Independent'],
     classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
     install_requires=[
-        'Django==1.6.5',
+        'Django==1.9.4',
     ],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["project","project.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,