diff --git a/pinaxcon/urls.py b/pinaxcon/urls.py
index a0d90904f93512efcf6ccbefacf4a4ce8b99a4b1..679742847dbac9659ee938d4387bd15e30de9bec 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/urls.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/urls.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 import symposion.views
 
 
-urlpatterns = patterns(
-    "",
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r"^$", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="homepage.html"), name="home"),
     url(r"^admin/", include(admin.site.urls)),
 
@@ -27,6 +26,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
 
     url(r"^boxes/", include("pinax.boxes.urls")),
     url(r"^", include("pinax.pages.urls")),
-)
+]
 
 urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 41c1b196cb1dbaf485bc1d0098ea965326645078..89d29871e38546af895819f26e6b09b8027fbf8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-Django==1.8.5
-pinax-theme-bootstrap==7.1.1
-django-user-accounts==1.2
-metron==1.3.5
-pinax-eventlog==1.0.0
-django-jsonfield==0.9.15
+Django==1.9.2
+pinax-theme-bootstrap==7.3.0
+django-user-accounts==1.3.1
+metron==1.3.7
+pinax-eventlog==1.1.1
 dj-static==0.0.6
-dj-database-url==0.3.0
-gunicorn==19.3.0
+dj-database-url==0.4.0
+gunicorn==19.4.5
 psycopg2==2.6.1
-pinax-pages==0.3.1
-pinax-boxes==2.1.0
+pinax-pages==0.4.2
+pinax-boxes==2.1.2
 
 # run off of master for now
 git+https://github.com/pinax/symposion.git