diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 9a3e60321..79e0ffbbd 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ setup(
         'django-redis==5.0.*',
         'django-scopes==1.2.*',
         'django-statici18n==2.1.*',
-        'djangorestframework==3.12.*',
+        'djangorestframework==3.13.*',
         'dnspython<2.0',  # do not upgrade, causes issues with eventlet / gunicorn 19 and we cannot upgrade gunicorn right now
         'drf_ujson2==1.6.*',
         'isoweek',