diff --git a/src/backend/pyproject.toml b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
index 2fefbe87..44b11e03 100644
--- a/src/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-storages[s3]==1.14.6",
     "django-timezone-field>=5.1",
     "django-pydantic-field==0.5.4",
-    "django==5.2.14",
+    "django==5.2.16",
     "djangorestframework==3.17.1",
     "drf_spectacular==0.29.0",
     "dockerflow==2026.3.4",
diff --git a/src/backend/uv.lock b/src/backend/uv.lock
index 54a468bb..a75b726f 100644
--- a/src/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/src/backend/uv.lock
@@ -586,16 +586,16 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "5.2.14"
+version = "5.2.16"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "asgiref" },
     { name = "sqlparse" },
     { name = "tzdata", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
 ]
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a9/26/889449d521ae508b26de715954faecd8bcf3f740affb81b2d146a83b42a5/django-5.2.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:59ea02020c3136fce14bef0bbece21a10a4febef5eed1c51c22ae468efa22200", size = 10890894, upload-time = "2026-07-07T13:52:17.005Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/14/44/f172870cf87aa25afef48fb72adba89ee8b77fcab6f3b23d240b923f1528/django-5.2.14-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6f712143bd3064310d1f50fac859c3e9a274bdcfc9595339853be7779297fc76", size = 8311320, upload-time = "2026-05-05T13:57:25.795Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4e/13/1e5e3e4c15dcecb04281b3cb2a46a4670e1cef131068e202f6040df19224/django-5.2.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:04f354bf9d807a86ad1a8392fe3808d362358a8eafc322848e0e43e59b24371d", size = 8311943, upload-time = "2026-07-07T13:52:11.223Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "brotli", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
     { name = "celery", extras = ["redis"], specifier = "==5.6.3" },
     { name = "dj-database-url", specifier = "==3.1.2" },
-    { name = "django", specifier = "==5.2.14" },
+    { name = "django", specifier = "==5.2.16" },
     { name = "django-configurations", specifier = "==2.5.1" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers", specifier = "==4.9.0" },
     { name = "django-countries", specifier = "==9.0.0" },