diff --git a/requirements/azure.in b/requirements/azure.in
index ac2ca351af..f56fa03d76 100644
--- a/requirements/azure.in
+++ b/requirements/azure.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 cryptography>=39.0.1
-django>=4.2.14,<5
+django>=4.2.16,<5
 django-storages[azure]
diff --git a/requirements/azure.pip b/requirements/azure.pip
index 87c2d8d8a1..8beab6b322 100644
--- a/requirements/azure.pip
+++ b/requirements/azure.pip
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cryptography==42.0.8
     # via
     #   -r requirements/azure.in
     #   azure-storage-blob
-django==4.2.14
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   -r requirements/azure.in
     #   django-storages
diff --git a/requirements/base.pip b/requirements/base.pip
index c57d7f7555..c0e9abc93e 100644
--- a/requirements/base.pip
+++ b/requirements/base.pip
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ deprecated==1.2.14
     # via onadata
 dict2xml==1.7.5
     # via onadata
-django==4.2.14
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   django-activity-stream
     #   django-cors-headers
diff --git a/requirements/dev.pip b/requirements/dev.pip
index 6c1b77dbe2..6401a6de7b 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.pip
+++ b/requirements/dev.pip
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ dill==0.3.8
     # via pylint
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via virtualenv
-django==4.2.14
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   django-activity-stream
     #   django-cors-headers
diff --git a/requirements/s3.in b/requirements/s3.in
index db9ab70906..98ca4e956e 100644
--- a/requirements/s3.in
+++ b/requirements/s3.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 boto3
-django>=4.2.14,<5
+django>=4.2.16,<5
 django-storages
diff --git a/requirements/s3.pip b/requirements/s3.pip
index dd2d72eb6e..aae75a06ac 100644
--- a/requirements/s3.pip
+++ b/requirements/s3.pip
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ botocore==1.34.134
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
-django==4.2.14
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   -r requirements/s3.in
     #   django-storages
diff --git a/requirements/ses.in b/requirements/ses.in
index 8780d3c71c..9958fa6bfe 100644
--- a/requirements/ses.in
+++ b/requirements/ses.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 boto
-django>=4.2.14,<5
+django>=4.2.16,<5
 django-ses
diff --git a/requirements/ses.pip b/requirements/ses.pip
index 2af0aeda6a..ccaf28b778 100644
--- a/requirements/ses.pip
+++ b/requirements/ses.pip
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ botocore==1.34.134
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
-django==4.2.14
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   -r requirements/ses.in
     #   django-ses
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 28640a2ec1..418c8a7ed9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tests_require =
     httmock
     requests-mock
 install_requires =
-    Django>=4.2.14,<5
+    Django>=4.2.16,<5
     django-guardian
     django-registration-redux
     django-templated-email