diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 74937dfb6..c30f207ff 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ celery>=5.3.6
 click
 codecov-ribs
 coverage
+Django>=4.2.16
 django-postgres-extra>=2.0.8
 factory-boy
 google-cloud-pubsub
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 07a664ad3..0fdd6bdd5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ distlib==0.3.7
     # via virtualenv
 distro==1.8.0
     # via openai
-django==4.2.15
+django==4.2.16
     # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-model-utils
     #   django-postgres-extra
     #   shared