diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6d51d41e014..75e6eddf0dc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ django_extensions==4.1
 django-slack==5.19.0
 django-watson==1.6.3
 django-prometheus==2.4.1
-Django==5.1.15
+Django==5.2.9
 django-single-session==0.2.0
 djangorestframework==3.16.1
 html2text==2025.4.15
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ django-crum==0.7.9
 JSON-log-formatter==1.1.1
 django-split-settings==1.3.2
 # do not upgrade to 2.1.1 - https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/issues/12918
-django-tagulous==2.1.0
+# use fork with django 5.2 fixes, but based on 2.1.0
+git+https://github.com/valentijnscholten/django-tagulous.git@2b514f9140acfce608238d1426d864185b3c60a2#egg=django-tagulous
 PyJWT==2.10.1
 cvss==3.6
 django-fieldsignals==0.7.0