diff --git a/omero/plugins/web.py b/omero/plugins/web.py
index 13ad0f2149..6edb2867d0 100644
--- a/omero/plugins/web.py
+++ b/omero/plugins/web.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 import django  # NOQA
             except Exception:
                 self.ctx.die(681, "ERROR: Django not installed!")
-            if django.VERSION < (3, 2) or django.VERSION >= (4, 1):
+            if django.VERSION < (3, 2) or django.VERSION >= (3, 3):
                 self.ctx.err(
                     "ERROR: Django version %s is not "
                     "supported!" % django.get_version()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 244b139e57..fe34d95f12 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def read(fname):
         "omero-py>=5.7.0",
         # minimum requirements for `omero web start`
         "concurrent-log-handler>=0.9.20",
-        "Django>=3.2.19,<4.1",
+        "Django>=3.2.18,<4.0",
         "django-pipeline==2.1.0",
         "django-cors-headers==3.7.0",
         "whitenoise>=5.3.0",