diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e95c031..574f5b69 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django==1.6.5
+Django==4.2.22
 South==0.8.4
 dj-database-url==0.3.0
 django-auth-ldap==1.2.0
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ pytz==2017.2
 gunicorn==19.8.1
 humanize==0.5.1
 docutils==0.15.2
+requests>=2.32.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability