diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index b587791fdd..fc73e6a72f 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ requires-python = "<3.13,>=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "django==5.1.4",
     "django-environ==0.10.0",
-    "django-model-utils==4.5.1",
+    "django-model-utils==5.0.0",
     "django-timezone-field==7.0",
     "certifi==2024.7.4",
     "chardet==5.2.0",