diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index d461949858..8fef3c5fc1 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests==2.34.0",
     "urllib3==2.7.0",
     "aniso8601==9.0.1",
-    "whitenoise==6.7.0",
+    "whitenoise==6.12.0",
     "django-ordered-model==3.5",
     "uwsgi==2.0.30",
     "django-storages==1.14.6",
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 3717d0e480..d209826e43 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "wagtail-localize", specifier = "==1.13" },
     { name = "weasyprint", specifier = ">=68.0" },
     { name = "werkzeug", specifier = ">=1.0.1,<4.0.0" },
-    { name = "whitenoise", specifier = "==6.7.0" },
+    { name = "whitenoise", specifier = "==6.12.0" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
@@ -3644,11 +3644,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "6.12.0"
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/db/eb/d5583a11486211f3ebd4b385545ae787f32363d453c19fffd81106c9c138/whitenoise-6.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc5e8c572e33ebf24795b47b6a7da8da3c00cff2349f5b04c02f28d0cc5a3cc2", size = 20302, upload-time = "2026-02-27T00:05:40.086Z" },
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 [[package]]