diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 256e4ba4b2..9e0934bc58 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ known-first-party = [
 [project]
 requires-python = ">=3.13.5"
 dependencies = [
-    "django==5.2.8",
+    "django==6.0.5",
     "django-environ==0.10.0",
     "django-model-utils==5.0.0",
-    "django-timezone-field==7.0",
+    "django-timezone-field>=7.1",
     "certifi==2024.7.4",
     "chardet==5.2.0",
     "idna==3.7",