diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-django/setup.cfg b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-django/setup.cfg
index 52fe186a8a5..17e6a7bfc87 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-django/setup.cfg
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-django/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
-    django~=3.0.4
+    django > 2.2
     opentelemetry-ext-wsgi == 0.7.dev0
     opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation == 0.7.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.7.dev0