diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/core/middleware.py b/analytics_dashboard/core/middleware.py
index 643e2648d..c3644cc1f 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/core/middleware.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/core/middleware.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from lang_pref_middleware import middleware
 
 from core.exceptions import ServiceUnavailableError
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class LanguagePreferenceMiddleware(middleware.LanguagePreferenceMiddleware):
+class LanguagePreferenceMiddleware(middleware.LanguagePreferenceMiddleware, MiddlewareMixin):
     def get_user_language_preference(self, user):
         """
         Retrieve the given user's language preference.
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def get_user_language_preference(self, user):
         return user.language
 
 
-class ServiceUnavailableExceptionMiddleware(object):
+class ServiceUnavailableExceptionMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Display an error template for 502 errors.
     """
diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/courses/middleware.py b/analytics_dashboard/courses/middleware.py
index 35476c827..e80635b2f 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/courses/middleware.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/courses/middleware.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import six
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class CourseMiddleware(object):
+class CourseMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Adds course info to the request object.
     """
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def process_view(self, request, _view_func, _view_args, view_kwargs):
         return None
 
 
-class CoursePermissionsExceptionMiddleware(object):
+class CoursePermissionsExceptionMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Display an error template for PermissionsNotFoundError exceptions.
     """
diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/help/middleware.py b/analytics_dashboard/help/middleware.py
index bc9da02f7..eef2543b6 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/help/middleware.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/help/middleware.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 from help import HELP_CONTEXT_TOKEN_NAME
 from help.utils import get_doc_url
 
 
-class HelpURLMiddleware(object):
+class HelpURLMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """
     Adds a "help_url" entry to the response context.
     """
diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py b/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
index 98ceecbea..65afe99bb 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@
 
 
 ########## MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
-# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#middleware-classes
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#middleware-classes
+MIDDLEWARE = [
     'edx_django_utils.cache.middleware.RequestCacheMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     'edx_django_utils.cache.middleware.TieredCacheMiddleware',
     'edx_rest_framework_extensions.middleware.RequestMetricsMiddleware',
     'edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.middleware.EnsureJWTAuthSettingsMiddleware',
-)
+]
 ########## END MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
 
 
diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/settings/dev.py b/analytics_dashboard/settings/dev.py
index cb55e4508..653f2b570 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/settings/dev.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/settings/dev.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
         'debug_toolbar',
     )
 
-    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += (
+    MIDDLEWARE += [
         'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
-    )
+    ]
 
     DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PATCH_SETTINGS = False