diff --git a/generator/generator_requirements.in b/generator/generator_requirements.in
index f3b4ff0b805..1f4f5f74179 100644
--- a/generator/generator_requirements.in
+++ b/generator/generator_requirements.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-django==1.8.12
+django==4.2.22
 httplib2==0.20.4
 google-apputils==0.4.2
 python-gflags==3.1.2
diff --git a/generator/generator_requirements.txt b/generator/generator_requirements.txt
index f26359c1cf8..c50551787e9 100644
--- a/generator/generator_requirements.txt
+++ b/generator/generator_requirements.txt
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --allow-unsafe --generate-hashes generator_requirements.in
 #
+asgiref==3.8.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:3e1e3ecc849832fe52ccf2cb6686b7a55f82bb1d6aee72a58826471390335e47 \
+    --hash=sha256:c343bd80a0bec947a9860adb4c432ffa7db769836c64238fc34bdc3fec84d590
+    # via django
 cachetools==3.1.1 \
     --hash=sha256:428266a1c0d36dc5aca63a2d7c5942e88c2c898d72139fca0e97fdd2380517ae \
     --hash=sha256:8ea2d3ce97850f31e4a08b0e2b5e6c34997d7216a9d2c98e0f3978630d4da69a
     # via
     #   -r generator_requirements.in
     #   google-auth
-django==1.8.12 \
-    --hash=sha256:9c60c4af02faffb6f1c2bc7c7a09169c59230fa06c30a552414b816ee79f0c2a \
-    --hash=sha256:b68fa73d537f8362d73fec1aa2b7a1e8572349b12942ac756ec1041b6b0e7113
+django==4.2.22 \
+    --hash=sha256:0a32773b5b7f4e774a155ee253ab24a841fed7e9e9061db08bf2ce9711da404d \
+    --hash=sha256:e726764b094407c313adba5e2e866ab88f00436cad85c540a5bf76dc0a912c9e
     # via -r generator_requirements.in
 enum34==1.1.10 \
     --hash=sha256:a98a201d6de3f2ab3db284e70a33b0f896fbf35f8086594e8c9e74b909058d53 \
@@ -87,6 +91,14 @@ six==1.16.0 \
     #   google-auth
     #   google-auth-httplib2
     #   python-dateutil
+sqlparse==0.5.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:09f67787f56a0b16ecdbde1bfc7f5d9c3371ca683cfeaa8e6ff60b4807ec9272 \
+    --hash=sha256:cf2196ed3418f3ba5de6af7e82c694a9fbdbfecccdfc72e281548517081f16ca
+    # via django
+typing-extensions==4.14.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:8676b788e32f02ab42d9e7c61324048ae4c6d844a399eebace3d4979d75ceef4 \
+    --hash=sha256:a1514509136dd0b477638fc68d6a91497af5076466ad0fa6c338e44e359944af
+    # via asgiref
 uritemplate==3.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:07620c3f3f8eed1f12600845892b0e036a2420acf513c53f7de0abd911a5894f \
     --hash=sha256:5af8ad10cec94f215e3f48112de2022e1d5a37ed427fbd88652fa908f2ab7cae
diff --git a/generator/setup.py b/generator/setup.py
index ece99f151ef..befbae41ca5 100644
--- a/generator/setup.py
+++ b/generator/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     # TODO(user): Any 1.8 version is OK, but django<1.9 seems to do the wrong
     #     thing. It installs version 1.9rc1, which is not compatible.
-    install_requires=['django==1.8.12',
+    install_requires=['django==4.2.22',
                       'httplib2',
                       'google-apputils',
                       'python-gflags',