diff --git a/CONTRIBUTIONS.md b/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
index 1ecaa2c39e846d50b6f7488c4fe075f1ea280a3d..c45c689281cee50b7a34281ad9638a649c106327 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ Thanks to the following people:
 [gurcke](https://github.com/gurcke)
 
 [CaseGuide](https://github.com/CaseGuide)
+
+[manish-podugu](https://github.com/manish-podugu)
diff --git a/django_plotly_dash/version.py b/django_plotly_dash/version.py
index 4f27df2df33561aecfd7800a9eb599b9d0978263..4717efc158be25dd57f6f2b492ac2eec2d803344 100644
--- a/django_plotly_dash/version.py
+++ b/django_plotly_dash/version.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 '''
 
-__version__ = "1.4.2"
+__version__ = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c8e3be64992596aa8604bcd139fe89351f873cf..18aa95ff91fe2649506e2684d757e77167c36734 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ dpd-components
 
 dash-bootstrap-components
 
+channels<3.0
 Django>=2.2
 Flask>=1.0.2