diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/default.nix
index 7f4d2804c4dd..1d2c375e2749 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/default.nix
@@ -5,45 +5,52 @@
   django-appconf,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
-  python,
-  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-django,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "django-cryptography";
-  version = "1.1";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  version = "1.1-unstable-2024-02-16";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "georgemarshall";
     repo = "django-cryptography";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-C3E2iT9JdLvF+1g+xhZ8dPDjjh25JUxLAtTMnalIxPk=";
+    rev = "a5cde9beed707a14a2ef2f1f7f1fee172feb8b5e";
+    hash = "sha256-Xj/fw8EapsYvVbZPRQ81yeE9QpIQ1TIuk+ASOCGh/Uc=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace-fail "packages = django_cryptography" "packages = find:"
+  '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     cryptography
     django
     django-appconf
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # See: https://github.com/georgemarshall/django-cryptography/pull/88
-    ./fix-setup-cfg.patch
-  ];
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "django_cryptography" ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    ${python.interpreter} ./runtests.py
-    runHook postCheck
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-django
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
   '';
 
+  disabledTests = [
+    # self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1) - AssertionError: 0 != 1
+    "test_field_checks"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/georgemarshall/django-cryptography";
     description = "Set of primitives for performing cryptography in Django";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/fix-setup-cfg.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/fix-setup-cfg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cb7b9dba2aa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cryptography/fix-setup-cfg.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
-index 865b4c3..577d917 100644
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ project_urls =
-     Documentation = https://django-cryptography.readthedocs.io
- 
- [options]
--packages = django_cryptography
-+packages =
-+    django_cryptography
-+    django_cryptography.core
-+    django_cryptography.utils
- python_requires = >=3.6
- include_package_data = True
- install_requires =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja/default.nix
similarity index 54%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja2/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja/default.nix
index 0bbaf6e0699d..20f88ca5ac2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-jinja/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
   django,
   jinja2,
-  python,
+
+  # tests
+  pytest-django,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "django-jinja";
   version = "2.11.0";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "niwinz";
@@ -23,17 +27,34 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-0gkv9xinHux8TRiNBLl/JgcimXU3CzysxzGR2jn7OZ4=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
     django
     jinja2
   ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-django
+  ];
 
-    ${python.interpreter} testing/runtests.py
+  preCheck = ''
+    pushd testing
+    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings
+  '';
 
-    runHook postCheck
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "testapp/tests.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast django.version "5.2") [
+    # https://github.com/niwinz/django-jinja/issues/317
+    "test_autoscape_with_form_errors"
+  ];
+
+  postCheck = ''
+    popd
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rest-registration/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rest-registration/default.nix
index 695da5c5470c..bd3f7ff6e52c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rest-registration/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rest-registration/default.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
   djangorestframework,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pytest-django,
+  pytest-xdist,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
-  jwt,
+  pyjwt,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
@@ -35,16 +36,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-django
-    jwt
+    pytest-xdist
+    pyjwt
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "rest_registration" ];
 
   disabledTests = [
-    # This test fails on Python 3.10
+    # Failed: DID NOT RAISE <class 'rest_registration.utils.html.MLStripperParseFailed'>
     "test_convert_html_to_text_fails"
-    # This test is broken and was removed after 0.7.3. Remove this line once version > 0.7.3
-    "test_coreapi_autoschema_success"
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/default.nix
index 3ffe10f0d65c..2c1d48a428a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/default.nix
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [
     django
+    icalendar
     python-dateutil
     pytz
-    icalendar
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.settings
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    # Remove in Django 5.1
+    # https://github.com/llazzaro/django-scheduler/pull/567
+    ./index_together.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Remove in Django 5.1
+    substituteInPlace tests/settings.py \
+      --replace-fail "SHA1PasswordHasher" "PBKDF2PasswordHasher"
+  '';
+
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast django.version "5.1") [
+    # test_delete_event_authenticated_user - AssertionError: 302 != 200
+    "test_delete_event_authenticated_user"
+    "test_event_creation_authenticated_user"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "schedule" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/index_together.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/index_together.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5777410eca67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-scheduler/index_together.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From d691550163941db6dbcec2f347fee4d3941615a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robin <robin@whoisearth.com>
+Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:31:44 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update calendars.py
+
+Django 5.1 ... index_together deprecated.
+---
+ schedule/models/calendars.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/schedule/models/calendars.py b/schedule/models/calendars.py
+index 81f8a7de..d37097a7 100644
+--- a/schedule/models/calendars.py
++++ b/schedule/models/calendars.py
+@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class CalendarRelation(models.Model):
+     class Meta:
+         verbose_name = _("calendar relation")
+         verbose_name_plural = _("calendar relations")
+-        index_together = [("content_type", "object_id")]
++        indexes = [models.Index(fields=["content_type", "object_id"])]
+ 
+     def __str__(self):
+         return "{} - {}".format(self.calendar, self.content_object)
+
+From 768d2d3842ce6af8115741ef5758a72ab4659491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robin <robin@whoisearth.com>
+Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:32:56 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update events.py
+
+Django 5.1 .... index_together deprecated
+---
+ schedule/models/events.py | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/schedule/models/events.py b/schedule/models/events.py
+index bf6fa5f1..bc9671c5 100644
+--- a/schedule/models/events.py
++++ b/schedule/models/events.py
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Event(models.Model):
+     class Meta:
+         verbose_name = _("event")
+         verbose_name_plural = _("events")
+-        index_together = (("start", "end"),)
++        indexes = [models.Index(fields=["start", "end"])]
+ 
+     def __str__(self):
+         return gettext("%(title)s: %(start)s - %(end)s") % {
+@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class EventRelation(models.Model):
+     class Meta:
+         verbose_name = _("event relation")
+         verbose_name_plural = _("event relations")
+-        index_together = [("content_type", "object_id")]
++        indexes = [models.Index(fields=["content_type", "object_id"])]
+ 
+     def __str__(self):
+         return "{}({})-{}".format(
+@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class Occurrence(models.Model):
+     class Meta:
+         verbose_name = _("occurrence")
+         verbose_name_plural = _("occurrences")
+-        index_together = (("start", "end"),)
++        indexes = [models.Index(fields=["start", "end"])]
+ 
+     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
index e96d65184f84..800b5ba4e421 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # not updated to django 5.x
+    broken = lib.versionAtLeast django.version "5";
     description = "Content management platform built using the Django framework";
     mainProgram = "mezzanine-project";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
index 01aa04f0817a..f18ca729a808 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
@@ -9,21 +9,18 @@
   poetry-core,
   pylint-plugin-utils,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pylint-django";
-  version = "2.6.1";
+  version = "2.6.1-unstable-2025-11-09";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PyCQA";
     repo = "pylint-django";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-9b0Sbo6E036UmUmP/CVPrS9cxxKtkMMZtqJsI53g4sU=";
+    rev = "e40d785abbf26af0738c14247fb4ac0aa7265b24";
+    hash = "sha256-INQSQjubcwQwspaxevXQOF92L2K9WRLMLYsP18Ffhos=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ poetry-core ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-django/default.nix
index e0e9ca4cf69f..b86594b4e8f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-django/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+
+  # build-system
   setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
-  wheel,
+
+  # dependencies
   django,
   pyscaffold,
-  configupdater,
-  pre-commit,
-  pytest,
-  pytest-cov,
-  pytest-xdist,
-  tox,
-  virtualenv,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -26,29 +22,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-5yzF3VK/9VlCSrRsRJWX4arr9n34G2R6O5A51jTpLhg=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     setuptools
     setuptools-scm
-    wheel
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     django
     pyscaffold
   ];
 
-  optional-dependencies = {
-    testing = [
-      configupdater
-      pre-commit
-      pytest
-      pytest-cov
-      pytest-xdist
-      setuptools-scm
-      tox
-      virtualenv
-    ];
-  };
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "django" ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # tests require git checkout
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyscaffoldext.django" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
index f99f5a9bc825..c8fd7159f717 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ lib.fix (
             [1] 72a14ea563a3f5bf85db659349a533fe75a8b0ce
             [2] f931bc81d63f5cfda55ac73d754c87b3fd63b291
           */
+          # https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty/-/merge_requests/681
           django = super.django_4;
 
           django-allauth = super.django-allauth.overrideAttrs (
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 396a8a1c0f79..e5d023c680ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4093,7 +4093,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-ipware = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-ipware { };
 
-  django-jinja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-jinja2 { };
+  django-jinja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-jinja { };
 
   django-jquery-js = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-jquery-js { };