diff --git a/api/poetry.lock b/api/poetry.lock
index f642463cd..b57a1213f 100644
--- a/api/poetry.lock
+++ b/api/poetry.lock
@@ -656,11 +656,16 @@ six = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-environ"
-version = "0.4.5"
-description = "Django-environ allows you to utilize 12factor inspired environment variables to configure your Django application."
+version = "0.8.1"
+description = "A package that allows you to utilize 12factor inspired environment variables to configure your Django application."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
+python-versions = ">=3.4,<4"
+
+[package.extras]
+develop = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0a4)", "pytest (>=4.6.11)", "furo (>=2021.8.17b43,<2021.9.0)", "sphinx (>=3.5.0)", "sphinx-notfound-page"]
+docs = ["furo (>=2021.8.17b43,<2021.9.0)", "sphinx (>=3.5.0)", "sphinx-notfound-page"]
+testing = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0a4)", "pytest (>=4.6.11)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-filter"
@@ -2080,7 +2085,6 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "50048470d31acb56bf9644c19d5240e58d55bb4b0a6cf556d60236bf8bf79d45"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aiohttp = [
@@ -2464,8 +2468,8 @@ django-dynamic-preferences = [
     {file = "django_dynamic_preferences-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:31aecebcbfcfb970b78cfa3e5f8cc9f77638efe8e7c90f205a48b01c45ee5002"},
 ]
 django-environ = [
-    {file = "django-environ-0.4.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6c9d87660142608f63ec7d5ce5564c49b603ea8ff25da595fd6098f6dc82afde"},
-    {file = "django_environ-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c57b3c11ec1f319d9474e3e5a79134f40174b17c7cc024bbb2fad84646b120c4"},
+    {file = "django-environ-0.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6f0bc902b43891656b20486938cba0861dc62892784a44919170719572a534cb"},
+    {file = "django_environ-0.8.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:42593bee519a527602a467c7b682aee1a051c2597f98c45f4f4f44169ecdb6e5"},
 ]
 django-filter = [
     {file = "django-filter-2.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:84e9d5bb93f237e451db814ed422a3a625751cbc9968b484ecc74964a8696b06"},
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index fc6520de0..4672ea44d 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "GNU AGPLv3"
 python = "^3.7"
 Django = "==3.2.12"
 setuptools = "==57.4.0"
-django-environ = "==0.4.5"
+django-environ = "==0.8.1"
 Pillow = "==8.4.0"
 django-allauth = "==0.42.0"
 psycopg2 = "==2.9.3"