diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
index 6081582c65..62cfb6732e 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ If you want to run the full suite of tests, you'll need to install a number of
 dependencies:
 
 *  argon2-cffi_ 16.1.0+
-*  asgiref_ (required)
+*  asgiref_ 3.2+ (required)
 *  bcrypt_
 *  docutils_
 *  geoip2_
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a14553e818..d8fac7076f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ scripts = django/bin/django-admin.py
 include_package_data = true
 zip_safe = false
 install_requires =
-    asgiref
+    asgiref >= 3.2
     pytz
     sqlparse >= 0.2.2
 
diff --git a/tests/requirements/py3.txt b/tests/requirements/py3.txt
index 1b29012ff0..65da21bc0e 100644
--- a/tests/requirements/py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements/py3.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-asgiref
+asgiref >= 3.2
 argon2-cffi >= 16.1.0
 bcrypt
 docutils