diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 39c68ddc..fd2212b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         python-version: ['py38']
-        django-version: ['django32', 'django42']
-        db-version: ['mysql57', 'mysql80']
-        # excluding mysql5.7 with Django 4.2 since Django 4.2 has 
-        # dropped support for MySQL<8
-        exclude:
-          - django-version: 'django42'
-            db-version: 'mysql57'
+        django-version: ['django42']
+        db-version: ['mysql80']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
index 26eb6c5c..2a043599 100644
--- a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
+++ b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 version: "2"
 
 services:
-  mysql57:
-    image: mysql:5.7
-    container_name: mysql57
-    command: mysqld --character-set-server=utf8 --collation-server=utf8_general_ci
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ""
-      MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
-      MYSQL_USER: "notes001"
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "secret"
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: "edx_notes_api"
   mysql80:
     image: mysql:8.0
     container_name: mysql80
@@ -49,7 +39,6 @@ services:
       - ..:/edx/app/edx_notes_api/edx_notes_api
     command: tail -f /dev/null
     depends_on:
-      - "mysql57"
       - "mysql80"
       - "es"
     environment:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd8500d9..6e78175b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,9 +65,19 @@ develop: requirements test.requirements
 piptools: ## install pinned version of pip-compile and pip-sync
 	pip install -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
 
+define COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TEMP_COMMENT
+# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt\n# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.\n# See BOM-2721 for more details.\n# Below is the copied and edited version of common_constraints\n
+endef
+COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT=requirements/common_constraints.txt
+.PHONY: $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT)
+$(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT):
+	wget -O "$(@)" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt || touch "$(@)"
+	echo "$(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TEMP_COMMENT)" | cat - $(@) > temp && mv temp $(@)
+
 upgrade: export CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND=make upgrade
-upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest packages satisfying requirements/*.in
+upgrade: piptools $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT) ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest packages satisfying requirements/*.in
 	# Make sure to compile files after any other files they include!
+	sed -i.'' 's/Django<4.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/travis.txt requirements/travis.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade --rebuild --allow-unsafe -o requirements/pip.txt requirements/pip.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/pip-tools.txt requirements/pip-tools.in
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@ upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest package
 	pip install -qr requirements/pip-tools.txt
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/base.txt requirements/base.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/test.txt requirements/test.in
+	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/travis.txt requirements/travis.in
 	# Let tox control the Django version for tests
 	grep -e "^django==" requirements/base.txt > requirements/django.txt
 	sed -i '/^[dD]jango==/d' requirements/test.txt
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 2de01990..0b6d38b3 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #
 asgiref==3.6.0
     # via django
-certifi==2022.12.7
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+    # via django
+certifi==2023.11.17
     # via
     #   elasticsearch
     #   requests
@@ -18,17 +20,11 @@ chardet==3.0.4
     # via requests
 click==8.1.3
     # via edx-django-utils
-coreapi==2.3.3
-    # via drf-yasg
-coreschema==0.0.4
-    # via
-    #   coreapi
-    #   drf-yasg
-cryptography==40.0.1
+cryptography==41.0.4
     # via pyjwt
-django==3.2.20
+django==3.2.22
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-cors-headers
     #   django-crum
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 edx-django-release-util==1.2.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
-edx-django-utils==5.3.0
+edx-django-utils==5.7.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   edx-drf-extensions
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ edx-opaque-keys==2.3.0
     # via edx-drf-extensions
 elasticsearch==7.13.4
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
@@ -106,7 +102,7 @@ markupsafe==2.1.2
     # via jinja2
 mysqlclient==2.1.1
     # via -r requirements/base.in
-newrelic==9.1.2
+newrelic==9.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   edx-django-utils
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ path-py==9.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
-pbr==5.11.1
+pbr==6.0.0
     # via stevedore
 psutil==5.9.4
     # via edx-django-utils
@@ -145,7 +141,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.4.0
     #   elasticsearch-dsl
 pytz==2023.3
     # via
-    #   django
     #   djangorestframework
     #   drf-yasg
 pyyaml==6.0
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 33dfb7bb..1b10609f 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # linking to it here is good.
 
 # This file contains all common constraints for edx-repos
--c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+-c common_constraints.txt
 
 astroid==1.6.6
 requests==2.25.0
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ path.py==9.1
 python-dateutil==2.4.0
 more-itertools==5.0.0
 pylint==1.5.0
+django-cors-headers==3.14.0
+
+# Stay on LTS
+Django<5.0
diff --git a/requirements/django.txt b/requirements/django.txt
index 480c0782..a6bbbf6c 100644
--- a/requirements/django.txt
+++ b/requirements/django.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-django==3.2.20
+django==4.2.7
diff --git a/requirements/pip-tools.txt b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
index baf1aa51..581b0f91 100644
--- a/requirements/pip-tools.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ pip-tools==6.12.3
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
     # via build
 tomli==2.0.1
-    # via build
-wheel==0.40.0
+    # via
+    #   build
+    #   pip-tools
+    #   pyproject-hooks
+wheel==0.41.3
     # via pip-tools
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 896a85ce..1265a0d1 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-wheel==0.40.0
+wheel==0.41.3
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-pip==23.0.1
+pip==23.3.1
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
 setuptools==67.6.1
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 89044081..bd02b3d7 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ astroid==1.6.6
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pylint
-attrs==22.2.0
-    # via pytest
-certifi==2022.12.7
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   django
+certifi==2023.11.17
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   elasticsearch
@@ -52,18 +54,18 @@ coverage[toml]==7.2.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pytest-cov
-cryptography==40.0.1
+cryptography==41.0.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   pyjwt
-ddt==1.6.0
+ddt==1.7.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-diff-cover==7.5.0
+diff-cover==8.0.1
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 distlib==0.3.6
     # via virtualenv
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-cors-headers
     #   django-crum
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via -r requirements/base.txt
 edx-django-release-util==1.2.0
     # via -r requirements/base.txt
-edx-django-utils==5.3.0
+edx-django-utils==5.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-drf-extensions
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ edx-opaque-keys==2.3.0
     #   edx-drf-extensions
 elasticsearch==7.13.4
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
@@ -138,9 +140,9 @@ exceptiongroup==1.1.1
     # via pytest
 factory-boy==3.2.1
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-faker==18.3.1
+faker==20.0.3
     # via factory-boy
-filelock==3.10.7
+filelock==3.13.1
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ more-itertools==5.0.0
     #   -r requirements/test.in
 mysqlclient==2.1.1
     # via -r requirements/base.txt
-newrelic==9.1.2
+newrelic==9.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-django-utils
@@ -197,15 +199,17 @@ path-py==9.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
-pbr==5.11.1
+pbr==6.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   stevedore
 pep8==1.7.1
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-platformdirs==3.2.0
-    # via virtualenv
-pluggy==1.0.0
+platformdirs==3.11.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
+    #   virtualenv
+pluggy==1.3.0
     # via
     #   diff-cover
     #   pytest
@@ -220,11 +224,7 @@ pycparser==2.21
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   cffi
-pycryptodomex==3.17
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
-    #   pyjwkest
-pygments==2.14.0
+pygments==2.17.1
     # via diff-cover
 pyjwkest==1.4.2
     # via
@@ -247,14 +247,14 @@ pynacl==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-django-utils
-pytest==7.2.2
+pytest==7.4.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pytest-cov
     #   pytest-django
 pytest-cov==4.0.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-pytest-django==4.5.2
+pytest-django==4.7.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 python-dateutil==2.4.0
     # via
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ python-slugify==8.0.1
 pytz==2023.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
-    #   django
     #   djangorestframework
     #   drf-yasg
 pyyaml==6.0
@@ -340,9 +339,9 @@ urllib3==1.26.15
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   elasticsearch
     #   requests
-virtualenv==20.21.0
+virtualenv==20.24.6
     # via tox
-wrapt==1.15.0
+wrapt==1.16.0
     # via astroid
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/travis.txt b/requirements/travis.txt
index 95c46152..9d58a144 100644
--- a/requirements/travis.txt
+++ b/requirements/travis.txt
@@ -4,44 +4,25 @@
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-certifi==2022.12.7
-    # via requests
-chardet==3.0.4
-    # via requests
-coverage==7.2.2
-    # via codecov
-distlib==0.3.6
+distlib==0.3.7
     # via virtualenv
-filelock==3.10.7
+filelock==3.12.4
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-idna==2.10
-    # via requests
-packaging==23.0
+packaging==23.2
     # via tox
-platformdirs==3.2.0
+platformdirs==3.11.0
     # via virtualenv
-pluggy==1.0.0
+pluggy==1.3.0
     # via tox
 py==1.11.0
     # via tox
-requests==2.25.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   codecov
 six==1.16.0
     # via tox
 tomli==2.0.1
-    # via tox
-tox==3.28.0
     # via
     #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/travis.in
-    #   tox-battery
-tox-battery==0.6.1
-    # via -r requirements/travis.in
-urllib3==1.26.15
-    # via requests
-virtualenv==20.21.0
+virtualenv==20.24.5
     # via tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 193a8372..1809ae17 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py38-django{32, 42}
+envlist = py38-django{42}
 skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
 deps = 
-    django32: Django>=3.2,<4.0
     django42: Django>=4.2,<4.3
     -r {toxinidir}/requirements/test.txt
 passenv =