diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d3121c79..f780aaca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django==2.1.5
+Django==2.2
 django-agnocomplete==0.14.0
 django-compressor==2.2
 Pillow==5.4.1
diff --git a/umap/settings/base.py b/umap/settings/base.py
index 8b8f79bd..241cff39 100644
--- a/umap/settings/base.py
+++ b/umap/settings/base.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
                 'django.template.context_processors.media',
                 'django.template.context_processors.static',
                 'django.template.context_processors.tz',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                 'social_django.context_processors.backends',
                 'social_django.context_processors.login_redirect',
                 'umap.context_processors.settings',