diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index abe5cb2..c0f7541 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install poetry
           poetry install
+          # tweak to make pypy tests work
+          poetry add django<4.1
 
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 66d20fd..787820f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1897,4 +1897,4 @@ propcache = ">=0.2.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.0,<3.14"
-content-hash = "e3a08471b1236faf8d464f18c9cb405ac2557975efbecc55ebfd9ded589e430b"
+content-hash = "0b431858bd2a12b2f2f9937a26ac5295a24a2fdf1e63120a67a39005e416df41"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7248b4e..e491ff2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ aiohttp = "^3.9.5"
 asgiref = "^3.8.1"
 black = "^24.4.2"
 click = "<8.1.0"
-django = "<6"
+django = { version = ">=4.2,<5" }
 httptools = {version="^0.6.0", markers="sys_platform != 'win32' and sys_platform != 'cygwin' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'"}
 httpx = "^0.27.0"
 mypy = {version="^1.0.0", markers="platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'"}