diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e78bda5a..b7c56a02 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ env:
   - PYMONGO=dev DJANGO=1.4.2
   - PYMONGO=2.5 DJANGO=1.5.1
   - PYMONGO=2.5 DJANGO=1.4.2
-  - PYMONGO=2.4.2 DJANGO=1.4.2
 install:
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.'* ]]; then cp /usr/lib/*/libz.so $VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.'* ]]; then pip install pil --use-mirrors ; true; fi
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 207f0dd6..6aa62148 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.8.X
 ================
+- Updated minimum requirement for pymongo to 2.5
 - Add support for new geojson fields, indexes and queries (#299)
 - If values cant be compared mark as changed (#287)
 - Ensure as_pymongo() and to_json honour only() and exclude() (#293)
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.rst b/docs/upgrade.rst
index bb5705ca..c633c28d 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.rst
+++ b/docs/upgrade.rst
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ possible for the whole of the release.
     live. There maybe multiple manual steps in migrating and these are best honed
     on a staging / test system.
 
-Python
-=======
+Python and PyMongo
+==================
 
-Support for python 2.5 has been dropped.
+MongoEngine requires python 2.6 (or above) and pymongo 2.5 (or above)
 
 Data Model
 ==========
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bdd01825..10a6dbcb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ setup(name='mongoengine',
       long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
       platforms=['any'],
       classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
-      install_requires=['pymongo'],
+      install_requires=['pymongo>=2.5'],
       test_suite='nose.collector',
       **extra_opts
 )