diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
index 14314ea1..96b289ac 100644
--- a/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     # the next-gen text editor - optional, but used in most projects
     'djangocms_text',
 
+    # link support
+    'djangocms_link',
+
     # optional django CMS frontend modules
     'djangocms_frontend',
     'djangocms_frontend.contrib.accordion',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 492fdb5e..a025597e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile
+#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
 #
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-boto3==1.35.62
+boto3==1.38.30
     # via -r requirements.in
-botocore==1.35.62
+botocore==1.38.30
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ build==1.2.2.post1
     # via pip-tools
 chardet==5.2.0
     # via reportlab
-click==8.1.7
+click==8.2.1
     # via pip-tools
-cssselect2==0.7.0
+cssselect2==0.8.0
     # via svglib
-dj-database-url==2.3.0
+dj-database-url==3.0.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-django==5.1.3
+django==5.2.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   dj-database-url
@@ -39,24 +39,23 @@ django==5.1.3
     #   django-treebeard
     #   djangocms-admin-style
     #   djangocms-alias
-    #   djangocms-frontend
     #   djangocms-versioning
     #   easy-thumbnails
 django-classy-tags==4.1.0
     # via
     #   django-cms
     #   django-sekizai
-django-cms==4.1.4
+django-cms==5.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   djangocms-alias
     #   djangocms-attributes-field
     #   djangocms-frontend
-    #   djangocms-text
+    #   djangocms-link
     #   djangocms-versioning
-django-entangled==0.5.4
+django-entangled==0.6.2
     # via djangocms-frontend
-django-filer==3.2.3
+django-filer==3.3.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   djangocms-frontend
@@ -66,13 +65,13 @@ django-fsm==2.8.2
     # via djangocms-versioning
 django-parler==2.3
     # via djangocms-alias
-django-polymorphic==3.1.0
+django-polymorphic==4.1.0
     # via django-filer
 django-sekizai==4.1.0
     # via django-cms
 django-storage-url==0.12.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-django-storages==1.14.4
+django-storages==1.14.6
     # via django-storage-url
 django-treebeard==4.7.1
     # via django-cms
@@ -80,41 +79,46 @@ djangocms-admin-style==3.3.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-cms
-djangocms-alias==2.0.1
+djangocms-alias==2.0.3
     # via -r requirements.in
-djangocms-attributes-field==3.0.0
-    # via djangocms-frontend
-djangocms-frontend==1.3.5
+djangocms-attributes-field==4.0.0
+    # via
+    #   djangocms-frontend
+    #   djangocms-link
+djangocms-frontend==2.1.2
     # via -r requirements.in
-djangocms-text==0.3.3
+djangocms-link==5.0.1
+    # via djangocms-frontend
+djangocms-text==0.8.7
     # via -r requirements.in
-djangocms-versioning==2.1.0
+djangocms-versioning==2.3.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 easy-thumbnails[svg]==2.10
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   django-filer
     #   djangocms-frontend
-furl==2.1.3
+furl==2.1.4
     # via django-storage-url
 jmespath==1.0.1
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   botocore
-lxml==5.3.0
+lxml==5.4.0
     # via
     #   djangocms-text
     #   svglib
-nh3==0.2.18
+nh3==0.2.21
     # via djangocms-text
 orderedmultidict==1.0.1
     # via furl
-packaging==24.2
+packaging==25.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   django-cms
     #   djangocms-text
-pillow==11.0.0
+    #   djangocms-versioning
+pillow==11.2.1
     # via
     #   djangocms-text
     #   easy-thumbnails
@@ -129,18 +133,18 @@ pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
     #   pip-tools
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via botocore
-reportlab==4.2.5
+reportlab==4.4.1
     # via
     #   easy-thumbnails
     #   svglib
-s3transfer==0.10.3
+s3transfer==0.13.0
     # via boto3
-six==1.16.0
+six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   furl
     #   orderedmultidict
     #   python-dateutil
-sqlparse==0.5.2
+sqlparse==0.5.3
     # via django
 svglib==1.5.1
     # via easy-thumbnails
@@ -148,19 +152,19 @@ tinycss2==1.4.0
     # via
     #   cssselect2
     #   svglib
-typing-extensions==4.12.2
+typing-extensions==4.14.0
     # via dj-database-url
-urllib3==2.2.3
+urllib3==2.4.0
     # via botocore
-uwsgi==2.0.28
+uwsgi==2.0.30
     # via -r requirements.in
 webencodings==0.5.1
     # via
     #   cssselect2
     #   tinycss2
-wheel==0.45.0
+wheel==0.45.1
     # via pip-tools
-whitenoise==6.8.2
+whitenoise==6.9.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file: