diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd515a5..1d1c60f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 This is a [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com) project that you can use as the starting point to develop your own and deploy it on an [OpenShift](https://github.com/openshift/origin) cluster.
 
+**NOTE:** The current master branch works with Django 2.2 LTS. The version for older Django 1.11 LTS is in [branch 1.11.x](https://github.com/sclorg/django-ex/tree/1.11.x).
+
 The steps in this document assume that you have access to an OpenShift deployment that you can deploy applications on.
 
 ## What has been done for you
@@ -52,10 +54,7 @@ To run this project in your development machine, follow these steps:
 
 1. (optional) Create and activate a [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/) (you may want to use [virtualenvwrapper](http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/)).
 
-2. Ensure that the executable `pg_config` is available on your machine. You can check this using `which pg_config`. If not, install the dependency with one of the following.
-  - macOS: `brew install postgresql` using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
-  - Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install libpq-dev`
-  - [Others](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12037133/8122577)
+2. Ensure that the executable `pg_config` is available on your machine. You can check this using `which pg_config`. Otherwise, sqlite will be used.
 
 3. Fork this repo and clone your fork:
 
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ Templates give you full control of each component of your application.
 Sometimes your application is simple enough and you don't want to bother with templates. In that case, you can let OpenShift inspect your source code and create the required components automatically for you:
 
 ```bash
-$ oc new-app centos/python-35-centos7~https://github.com/sclorg/django-ex
-imageStreams/python-35-centos7
+$ oc new-app centos/python-36-centos7~https://github.com/sclorg/django-ex
+imageStreams/python-36-centos7
 imageStreams/django-ex
 buildConfigs/django-ex
 deploymentConfigs/django-ex
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 82cfa83..364337c 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
 import os
 import sys
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "project.settings")
-
-    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
 
+def main():
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/project/settings.py b/project/settings.py
index 8855547..9d3186e 100644
--- a/project/settings.py
+++ b/project/settings.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """
 Django settings for this project.
 
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.6.
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.2.12.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/settings/
 
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/
 """
 
 import os
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 # The SECRET_KEY is provided via an environment variable in OpenShift
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'project.wsgi.application'
 
 
 # Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 from . import database
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ DATABASES = {
 
 
 # Password validation
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 
 
 # Internationalization
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
diff --git a/project/urls.py b/project/urls.py
index 5c6a8e3..b631d2d 100644
--- a/project/urls.py
+++ b/project/urls.py
@@ -1,21 +1,32 @@
+"""project URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import include, path
 
 from welcome.views import index, health
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    # Examples:
-    # url(r'^$', 'project.views.home', name='home'),
-    # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
-
-    url(r'^$', index),
-    url(r'^health$', health),
-    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
+    path('', index, name='home'),
+    path('health/', health),
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
     import debug_toolbar
     urlpatterns = [
-        url(r'^__debug__/', include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
+        path('__debug__/', include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
     ] + urlpatterns
diff --git a/wsgi.py b/project/wsgi.py
similarity index 58%
rename from wsgi.py
rename to project/wsgi.py
index 2ef9a16..88349e8 100644
--- a/wsgi.py
+++ b/project/wsgi.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 """
-WSGI config for project project.
+WSGI config for this project.
 
 It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/wsgi/
 """
 
 import os
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "project.settings")
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings')
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 321f32e..b85f91f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-django>=1.11,<1.12
-django-debug-toolbar==1.8
-gunicorn==19.5.0
+Django>=2.2.12,<3.0
+django-debug-toolbar==2.2
+gunicorn==20.0.4
 psycopg2==2.8.5
-whitenoise==3.3.1
+pytz==2020.1
+sqlparse==0.3.1
+whitenoise==5.1.0
diff --git a/welcome/apps.py b/welcome/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b57e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/welcome/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class WelcomeConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'welcome'