diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d25009fe..fe4c34a8 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -375,19 +375,19 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "3.2.19"
-description = "A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
+version = "4.1.13"
+description = "A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "Django-3.2.19-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:21cc991466245d659ab79cb01204f9515690f8dae00e5eabde307f14d24d4d7d"},
-    {file = "Django-3.2.19.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:031365bae96814da19c10706218c44dff3b654cc4de20a98bd2d29b9bde469f0"},
+    {file = "Django-4.1.13-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:04ab3f6f46d084a0bba5a2c9a93a3a2eb3fe81589512367a75f79ee8acf790ce"},
+    {file = "Django-4.1.13.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:94a3f471e833c8f124ee7a2de11e92f633991d975e3fa5bdd91e8abd66426318"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-asgiref = ">=3.3.2,<4"
-pytz = "*"
+asgiref = ">=3.5.2,<4"
 sqlparse = ">=0.2.2"
+tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 argon2 = ["argon2-cffi (>=19.1.0)"]
@@ -1843,6 +1843,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.6.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d91d5919357fe7f681a9f2b5b4cb2a5f1ef0a1e9f59c4d8ff0d3491e05c0ffd5"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tzdata"
+version = "2024.1"
+description = "Provider of IANA time zone data"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2"
+files = [
+    {file = "tzdata-2024.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9068bc196136463f5245e51efda838afa15aaeca9903f49050dfa2679db4d252"},
+    {file = "tzdata-2024.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2674120f8d891909751c38abcdfd386ac0a5a1127954fbc332af6b5ceae07efd"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
 version = "2.0.3"
@@ -1944,4 +1955,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "470bf66ba61fc07aa28726cc2c04b59e9fc7499a5b0a3cbe4c462d8c78eb7b39"
+content-hash = "7404f84d8d641c14e70da0d48ba7d278955b77715aa6f01e77598c7b4bacd73e"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16931bad..99f291a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include = ["CHANGELOG.md"]
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.11"
 python-dateutil = "^2.9.0"
-django = "^3.2.19"
+django = "^4.1.13"
 # might remove this once we find out how the jsonapi extras_require work
 django-cors-headers = "^4.3.1"
 django-filter = "^23.5"