diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/apps.py b/geonode_mapstore_client/apps.py
index 2d7e0948b9..93294719eb 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/apps.py
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/apps.py
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@
 import os
 
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.apps import apps, AppConfig as BaseAppConfig
 
 
 def run_setup_hooks(*args, **kwargs):
     from geonode.urls import urlpatterns
     from django.conf import settings
-    from django.conf.urls import url, include
+    from django.conf.urls import include
+    from django.urls import re_path
     from geonode.api.urls import router
     from geonode.security.permissions import VIEW_PERMISSIONS, OWNER_PERMISSIONS
     from geonode.groups.conf import settings as groups_settings
@@ -68,14 +69,14 @@ def run_setup_hooks(*args, **kwargs):
         pass
 
     urlpatterns += [
-        url(
+        re_path(
             r"^catalogue/",
             TemplateView.as_view(
                 template_name="geonode-mapstore-client/catalogue.html"
             ),
         ),
         # required, otherwise will raise no-lookup errors to be analysed
-        url(r"^api/v2/", include(router.urls)),
+        re_path(r"^api/v2/", include(router.urls)),
     ]
 
     # adding default format for metadata schema validation
diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/models.py b/geonode_mapstore_client/models.py
index 444d8b5f1d..fa33ce8644 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/models.py
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.db.models import signals
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9872f94952..6f0ca1c834 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-django>=3.2.0,<4.0
+django>=4.2,<5.0
 idna>=2.5,<2.11
 requests>=2.13.0
 Markdown>=3.2.2
 MarkupSafe>=1.1.1
-djangorestframework<=3.12.0,>=3.8.0
 urllib3>=1.25.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ea7f717064..bfd756b6d6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
 zip_safe = False
 install_requires =
-    django >= 3.2.0, < 4.0
+    django >= 4.2, < 5.0
     idna >= 2.5, < 2.11
     requests >= 2.13.0
     Markdown >= 2.6.11
     MarkupSafe >= 1.1.1
-    djangorestframework <= 3.12.0, >= 3.8.0
     urllib3 >= 1.25
 
 [options.packages.find]