diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 295c54d6..f87f20e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coverage==7.11.0
 Django==5.2.7
-django-debug-toolbar==5.2.0
+django-debug-toolbar==6.0.0
 freezegun==1.5.5
 django-formtools==2.5.1
 django-allauth[socialaccount,keycloak]==65.8.1
diff --git a/src/urls.py b/src/urls.py
index f84198b2..fd09af2c 100644
--- a/src/urls.py
+++ b/src/urls.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 from django.conf import settings
-from debug_toolbar.toolbar import debug_toolbar_urls
 
 from allauth.account.decorators import secure_admin_login
 
@@ -42,5 +41,7 @@
     # don't forget to put sample favicon.ico in static files
     urlpatterns += [path('favicon.ico', RedirectView.as_view(url='/feedback/static/img/favicon.ico', permanent=True))]
 
-if not settings.TESTING :
-    urlpatterns += debug_toolbar_urls()
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+if not settings.TESTING and settings.DEBUG :
+    # avoided directly using debug_toolbar.urls(), as importing caused error in django-debug-toolbar v6.0.0 
+    # see https://github.com/django-commons/django-debug-toolbar/issues/2167
+    urlpatterns += [path("__debug__/", include("debug_toolbar.urls"))]
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