diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5bc557826..98c452bd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         requirements-file: [
           django-4.2.txt,
           django-5.0.txt,
+          django-5.1.txt,
           django-main.txt,
         ]
         custom-image-model: [false, true]
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ jobs:
             python-version: 3.8
           - requirements-file: django-5.0.txt
             python-version: 3.9
+          - requirements-file: django-5.1.txt
+            python-version: 3.8
+          - requirements-file: django-5.1.txt
+            python-version: 3.9
           - requirements-file: django-main.txt
             python-version: 3.8
           - requirements-file: django-main.txt
@@ -43,11 +48,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r tests/requirements/${{ matrix.requirements-file }}
-        python setup.py install
+        pip install -e .
     - name: Enable the custom image model
       run: echo "CUSTOM_IMAGE=custom_image.Image" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       if: ${{ matrix.custom-image-model }}
     - name: Run coverage
-      run: coverage run tests/settings.py
+      run: coverage run ./tests/settings.py 
     - name: Upload Coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6770fb8d9..218660a01 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for all the details on how to install, configure and use django-filer.
     :target: http://badge.fury.io/py/django-filer
 .. |coverage| image:: https://codecov.io/gh/django-cms/django-filer/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
     :target: https://codecov.io/gh/django-cms/django-filer
-.. |python| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.8+-blue.svg
+.. |python| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue.svg
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/django-filer/
 .. |django| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/django-3.2+-blue.svg
     :target: https://www.djangoproject.com/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69deb6952..abc58fa9d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'django>=3.2,<5.1',
+    'django>=3.2',
     'django-polymorphic',
     'easy-thumbnails[svg]',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/requirements/django-5.1.txt b/tests/requirements/django-5.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83b6ef17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/requirements/django-5.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r base.txt
+
+django>=5.1a1,<5.2
+django_polymorphic>=3.1