diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 8d7113079a..2680bf9662 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ set -eo pipefail
 
 cd github/python-spanner-django
 
+python3.6 -m venv env
+source env/bin/activate
+
 # Disable buffering, so that the logs stream through.
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ python3.6 -m pip uninstall --yes --quiet nox-automation
 python3.6 -m pip install --upgrade --quiet nox
 python3.6 -m nox --version
 
+python3.6 -m pip install --upgrade requests
+
 # If NOX_SESSION is set, it only runs the specified session,
 # otherwise run all the sessions.
 if [[ -n "${NOX_SESSION:-}" ]]; then
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ pip3 install .
 # Create a unique DJANGO_TESTS_DIR per worker to avoid
 # any clashes with configured tests by other workers.
 export DJANGO_TESTS_DIR="django_tests_$DJANGO_WORKER_INDEX"
-mkdir -p $DJANGO_TESTS_DIR && git clone --depth 1 --single-branch --branch spanner-2.2.x https://github.com/timgraham/django.git $DJANGO_TESTS_DIR/django
+mkdir -p $DJANGO_TESTS_DIR && git clone --depth 1 --single-branch --branch stable/2.2.x https://github.com/django/django.git $DJANGO_TESTS_DIR/django
 
 # Install dependencies for Django tests.
 sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/django_spanner/__init__.py b/django_spanner/__init__.py
index 4d94bebf4f..e0147c7674 100644
--- a/django_spanner/__init__.py
+++ b/django_spanner/__init__.py
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 from .expressions import register_expressions
 from .functions import register_functions
 from .lookups import register_lookups
-from .utils import check_django_compatability
 
 __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("django-google-spanner").version
 
-check_django_compatability()
 register_expressions()
 register_functions()
 register_lookups()
diff --git a/django_test_suite.sh b/django_test_suite.sh
index e87cd6167f..50bb40443c 100755
--- a/django_test_suite.sh
+++ b/django_test_suite.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -e
 # so that we can have multiple tests running without
 # conflicting which changes and constraints. We'll always
 # cleanup the created database.
-TEST_DBNAME=${SPANNER_TEST_DB:-$(python3 -c 'import os, time; print(chr(ord("a") + time.time_ns() % 26)+os.urandom(10).hex())')}
+TEST_DBNAME=${SPANNER_TEST_DB:-$(python3 -c 'import os, time; print(chr(ord("a") + time.time() % 26)+os.urandom(10).hex())')}
 TEST_DBNAME_OTHER="$TEST_DBNAME-ot"
 TEST_APPS=${DJANGO_TEST_APPS:-basic}
 INSTANCE=${SPANNER_TEST_INSTANCE:-django-tests}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df3d7a0fba..13e8d4a689 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'
 # 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable'
 release_status = "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha"
-dependencies = ["sqlparse >= 0.3.0", "google-cloud-spanner >= 1.8.0"]
+dependencies = [
+    "sqlparse >= 0.3.0",
+    "google-cloud-spanner >= 1.8.0",
+    "requests >= 2.22.0",
+]
 extras = {}
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)