diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ccaefe7cbc7cfa47d4d5e7ef49c94f84cdd869b..fd54f6cfc305fd1f0f7675deae936305543a7850 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-django>=5.1
+django==5.0
 dj_database_url==2.3.0 # pin for security
 jsonschema
 stripe