diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
index a84bcb124c6..2a2f13d5100 100644
--- a/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/requirements/production.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Packages required in a production environment
 -r base.txt
 
-django-ses==0.8.1
+django-ses==3.5.0
 
 # Later versions of gevent wrap Python's __import__ in a way that breaks Oscar imports.
 # For more, see https://github.com/edx/ecommerce/pull/920.