diff --git a/dev.toml b/dev.toml
index 2d7528538..b8b12accb 100644
--- a/dev.toml
+++ b/dev.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ lint.ignore = ["E402", "F541"]
 
 [project]
 name = "troggle"
-version = "2025.08.28"
+version = "2025.09.26"
 description = "Troggle - cave data management"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ dev = [
 
 # conlficting groups not implemented in uv yet
 # server = [
-    # "django>=3.2.19; python_version == '3.11.2'",
-    # "beautifulsoup4==4.11.2",
-    # "piexif==1.1.3",
-    # "pillow==9.4.0",
-    # "unidecode==1.3.6",
+    # "django>=4.2.3; python_version == '3.15.3'",
+    # etc
 # ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d7528538..b8b12accb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ lint.ignore = ["E402", "F541"]
 
 [project]
 name = "troggle"
-version = "2025.08.28"
+version = "2025.09.26"
 description = "Troggle - cave data management"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ dev = [
 
 # conlficting groups not implemented in uv yet
 # server = [
-    # "django>=3.2.19; python_version == '3.11.2'",
-    # "beautifulsoup4==4.11.2",
-    # "piexif==1.1.3",
-    # "pillow==9.4.0",
-    # "unidecode==1.3.6",
+    # "django>=4.2.3; python_version == '3.15.3'",
+    # etc
 # ]
diff --git a/server.toml b/server.toml
index 0e76d6e4d..b6492b56a 100644
--- a/server.toml
+++ b/server.toml
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ lint.ignore = ["E402", "F541"]
 
 [project]
 name = "troggle-server"
-version = "2025.08.28"
+version = "2025.09.26"
 description = "Troggle - cave data management"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.13,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
 ]
 [dependency-groups]
 server = [
-	# "cryptography>=44.0.0",
+    # "cryptography>=44.0.0",
     "pyaes>=1.6.1",
-    "django==3.2.19",
+    "django==4.2.23",
     "beautifulsoup4==4.11.2",
     "piexif==1.1.3",
     "pillow==9.4.0",
@@ -28,12 +28,3 @@ server = [
     "coverage>=7.6.9",
 ]
 
-
-# conlficting groups not implemented in uv yet
-# server = [
-    # "django>=3.2.19; python_version == '3.11.2'",
-    # "beautifulsoup4==4.11.2",
-    # "piexif==1.1.3",
-    # "pillow==9.4.0",
-    # "unidecode==1.3.6",
-# ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 0e8553a91..a2c62d862 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "5.2.5"
+version = "5.2.6"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "asgiref" },
     { name = "sqlparse" },
     { name = "tzdata", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/62/9b/779f853c3d2d58b9e08346061ff3e331cdec3fe3f53aae509e256412a593/django-5.2.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0745b25681b129a77aae3d4f6549b62d3913d74407831abaa0d9021a03954bae", size = 10859748 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4c/8c/2a21594337250a171d45dda926caa96309d5136becd1f48017247f9cdea0/django-5.2.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:da5e00372763193d73cecbf71084a3848458cecf4cee36b9a1e8d318d114a87b", size = 10858861 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9d/6e/98a1d23648e0085bb5825326af17612ecd8fc76be0ce96ea4dc35e17b926/django-5.2.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2b2ada0ee8a5ff743a40e2b9820d1f8e24c11bac9ae6469cd548f0057ea6ddcd", size = 8302999 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f5/af/6593f6d21404e842007b40fdeb81e73c20b6649b82d020bb0801b270174c/django-5.2.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:60549579b1174a304b77e24a93d8d9fafe6b6c03ac16311f3e25918ea5a20058", size = 8303111 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "troggle"
-version = "2025.8.28"
+version = "2025.9.26"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]