diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5a76ef2a..89c89d31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           - 3.6
           - 3.7
         django-version:
-          - django~=2.2
           - django~=3.0
           - django~=3.1
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 72c5d5e7..4cc0a6f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-django>=2.2,<3.2
+django>=3.0,<3.2
 swapper~=1.1.0
 openwisp-utils[rest]~=0.7
 passlib~=1.7.1