diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ceb4f6d..6e3c0a74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ production-ready Django projects quickly.
 
 ## Features
 
-- For Django 4.2
+- For Django 5.0
 - Works with Python 3.12
 - Renders Django projects with 100% starting test coverage
 - Twitter [Bootstrap](https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap) v5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9095af9b..7778caff 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ setup(
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Environment :: Console",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 4.2",
+        "Framework :: Django :: 5.0",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index 5a0bca38..9669d78b 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def test_django_upgrade_passes(cookies, context_override):
     try:
         sh.django_upgrade(
             "--target-version",
-            "4.2",
+            "5.0",
             *python_files,
             _cwd=str(result.project_path),
         )
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 244eec31..b70addfd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
     rev: '1.20.0'
     hooks:
       - id: django-upgrade
-        args: ['--target-version', '4.2']
+        args: ['--target-version', '5.0']
 
   # Run the Ruff linter.
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 5df095df..c947883b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ uvicorn-worker==0.2.0  # https://github.com/Kludex/uvicorn-worker
 
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-django==4.2.14  # pyup: < 5.0  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
+django==5.0.7  # pyup: < 5.1  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
 django-environ==0.11.2  # https://github.com/joke2k/django-environ
 django-model-utils==4.5.1  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils
 django-allauth[mfa]==0.63.6  # https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth