diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 09e8b9c..2d50d91 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ requests = "*"
 six = "*"
 "urllib3" = "*"
 webencodings = "*"
-Django = "~=3.2"
+Django = "~=4.2"
 django-html_sanitizer = "*"
 inscriptis = "*"
 lxml = "*"
diff --git a/brutaldon/settings.py b/brutaldon/settings.py
index 5fe9ea0..8d0610d 100644
--- a/brutaldon/settings.py
+++ b/brutaldon/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
 
 import os
 
+# Work around issue in sanitizer
+import django
+try:
+    from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
+except:
+    from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
+    django.utils.encoding.smart_text = smart_str
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))