diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index e78135aa3..615ee8bed 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ from django.core.validators import URLValidator
 
 from netbox.config import PARAMS
 
+# Monkey patch to fix Django 4.0 support for graphene-django (see
+# https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene-django/issues/1284)
+# TODO: Remove this when graphene-django 2.16 becomes available
+import django
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+django.utils.encoding.force_text = force_str
+
 
 #
 # Environment setup
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ee24e0a6c..39e3630ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ django-taggit==2.1.0
 django-timezone-field==5.0
 djangorestframework==3.13.1
 drf-yasg[validation]==1.20.0
-# Installing from branch pending v2.16 release
-git+https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene-django.git@v2
+graphene-django==2.15.0
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 Jinja2==3.0.3
 Markdown==3.3.6