diff --git a/CHANGES/5843.bugfix b/CHANGES/5843.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7304824d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/5843.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed opentelemetry-instrumentation-django from dependencies.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5178a5b95..375cbcb9d6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jq>=1.6.0,<1.9.0
 PyOpenSSL<25.0
 opentelemetry-distro[otlp]>=0.45b0,<=0.48b0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.24.0,<=1.27.0
-opentelemetry-instrumentation-django>=0.45b0,<=0.48b0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi>=0.45b,<=0.48b0
 protobuf>=4.21.1,<5.0
 pulp-glue>=0.18.0,<0.30