diff --git a/backend/poetry.lock b/backend/poetry.lock
index 921f0dbd0..77e80fb5f 100644
--- a/backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/backend/poetry.lock
@@ -398,13 +398,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "4.2.16"
+version = "4.2.17"
 description = "A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "Django-4.2.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1ddc333a16fc139fd253035a1606bb24261951bbc3a6ca256717fa06cc41a898"},
-    {file = "Django-4.2.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6f1616c2786c408ce86ab7e10f792b8f15742f7b7b7460243929cb371e7f1dad"},
+    {file = "Django-4.2.17-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3a93350214ba25f178d4045c0786c61573e7dbfa3c509b3551374f1e11ba8de0"},
+    {file = "Django-4.2.17.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6b56d834cc94c8b21a8f4e775064896be3b4a4ca387f2612d4406a5927cd2fdc"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1970,4 +1970,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "f4fc9c8184e626cf3569bd3612954fed5239a48da4ddbda7e5883d59d873ce88"
+content-hash = "d1ff206aeb27a9760380b296cba55ac6aef49a5e78be2e887c837f99ae6687ae"
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 027f083bf..35a16be7c 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include = ["CHANGELOG.md"]
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.12"
 python-dateutil = "^2.9.0"
-django = "^4.2.16"
+django = "^4.2.17"
 # might remove this once we find out how the jsonapi extras_require work
 django-cors-headers = "^4.6.0"
 django-filter = "^24.3"