diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 15d6872b97..1a7e004931 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ django-oauth-toolkit==0.12.0
 django-pipeline-forgiving==1.0.0
 django-pyfs==1.0.7
 django-sekizai>=0.10
-django-ses==0.7.1
+django-ses==0.8.3.1
 django-simple-history==1.9.0
 django-statici18n==1.4.0
 django-storages==1.4.1