diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.in b/requirements/edx/base.in
index 71c5e20761..41798de880 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ defusedxml
 Django<1.12                     # Web application framework
 django-babel-underscore             # underscore template extractor for django-babel (internationalization utilities)
 django-config-models>=1.0.0         # Configuration models for Django allowing config management with auditing
-django-cors-headers==2.1.0          # Used to allow to configure CORS headers for cross-domain requests
+django-cors-headers==2.5.3          # Used to allow to configure CORS headers for cross-domain requests
 django-countries==4.6.1             # Country data for Django forms and model fields
 django-crum                         # Middleware that stores the current request and user in thread local storage
 django-fernet-fields                # via edx-enterprise (should be added to its setup.py)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 0c4333e6f1..39e631b24c 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ django-babel==0.6.2       # via django-babel-underscore
 git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f37e6b0#egg=django-celery==3.2.1+edx.2
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0  # via django-sekizai
 django-config-models==1.0.3
-django-cors-headers==2.1.0
+django-cors-headers==2.5.3
 django-countries==4.6.1
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-fernet-fields==0.6
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 9d2f14fc21..ae4ba55943 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ django-babel==0.6.2
 git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f37e6b0#egg=django-celery==3.2.1+edx.2
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0
 django-config-models==1.0.3
-django-cors-headers==2.1.0
+django-cors-headers==2.5.3
 django-countries==4.6.1
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-debug-toolbar==1.11
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 8a8f2a252c..48bac1ce0d 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ django-babel==0.6.2
 git+https://github.com/edx/django-celery.git@756cb57aad765cb2b0d37372c1855b8f5f37e6b0#egg=django-celery==3.2.1+edx.2
 django-classy-tags==0.9.0
 django-config-models==1.0.3
-django-cors-headers==2.1.0
+django-cors-headers==2.5.3
 django-countries==4.6.1
 django-crum==0.7.5
 django-fernet-fields==0.6