diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 60597d8b1f..adb8348b96 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "boto3==1.43.34",
     "pycountry<20.0,>=19.8",
     "countries<1.0.0,>=0.2.0",
-    "django-ses==4.1.1",
+    "django-ses==4.7.2",
     "hashids<2.0.0,>=1.2.0",
     "django-autocomplete-light==3.9.4",
     "django-queryinspect<2.0.0,>=1.1.0",