diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.txt
index 9df643704..62b9b4b2a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 https://github.com/django/django/archive/main.tar.gz
 https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/archive/master.tar.gz
 
-whitenoise==5.2.0
+whitenoise==6.8.1