diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0edf7d9ea..d6055cfb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
 bokeh==3.3.0
 celery==5.3.4
 cryptography==41.0.7
-django==4.2.5
+django==5.0.4
 inflection==0.5.1
 ipython==8.16.1
 jinja2==3.1.2
diff --git a/rtd_requirements.txt b/rtd_requirements.txt
index abac6b128..01b957fd4 100644
--- a/rtd_requirements.txt
+++ b/rtd_requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx_automodapi>=0.15.0
 bokeh==2.4.3
 celery==5.3.4
 cython>=3.0.0
-django==4.2.5
+django==5.0.4
 docutils>=0.18.1
 jwst==1.12.3
 pygments==2.16.1