diff --git a/djangoldp_notification/middlewares.py b/djangoldp_notification/middlewares.py
index d67000ab5d6cab2a0710f64b240e802a05fdb717..ee269007e17173d32f0b015c2f2755232adcd71e 100644
--- a/djangoldp_notification/middlewares.py
+++ b/djangoldp_notification/middlewares.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CurrentUserMiddleware:
             # so no signal handler should be attached
             return
 
-        if hasattr(request, 'user') and request.user.is_authenticated():
+        if hasattr(request, 'user') and request.user.is_authenticated:
             user = request.user
         else:
             user = None
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index baa555b1456a7b9870ad7b0a6f6ecf2bcf71145f..a7120f4359164b439b7ce6213f4bd0d923ad9ee4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = MIT
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    djangoldp~=0.7
+    djangoldp>=1.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 include_package_data = True