diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2d18ed45..b1f376f3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -814,15 +814,19 @@ profile = ["gprof2dot (>=2022.7.29)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dj-database-url"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 description = "Use Database URLs in your Django Application."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "dj-database-url-0.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4aeaeb1f573c74835b0686a2b46b85990571159ffc21aa57ecd4d1e1cb334163"},
-    {file = "dj_database_url-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:851785365761ebe4994a921b433062309eb882fedd318e1b0fcecc607ed02da9"},
+    {file = "dj_database_url-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bb0d414ba0ac5cd62773ec7f86f8cc378a9dbb00a80884c2fc08cc570452521e"},
+    {file = "dj_database_url-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ae52e8e634186b57e5a45e445da5dc407a819c2ceed8a53d1fac004cc5288787"},
 ]
 
+[package.dependencies]
+Django = ">=4.2"
+typing_extensions = ">=3.10.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dj-static"
 version = "0.0.6"
@@ -3066,4 +3070,4 @@ xmlsec = ["xmlsec (>=0.6.1)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "6df826457e94ade503ee4b4647d350bcd31d4bdc6151724e8ceb097bf80fff8e"
+content-hash = "18ae19f48bfa9d80ebcb0b00d7e5fd2f5cc857ffb96dc0ccc385ffc7a1a8cc0c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2c2fcfb..e70eb52d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ boto3 = "^1.36.21"
 celery = "^5.2.2"
 celery-redbeat = "^2.0.0"
 cryptography = "^39.0"
-dj-database-url = "^0.5.0"
+dj-database-url = "^2.0.0"
 dj-static = "^0.0.6"
 django = "4.2.20"
 django-elastic-transcoder = {git = "https://github.com/mitodl/django-elastic-transcoder", tag = "v0.9.7"}