diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b88e855b..9ae74dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,20 +14,15 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         python-version: ['py38']
-        django-version: ['django32', 'django42']
-        db-version: ['mysql57', 'mysql80']
-        # excluding mysql5.7 with Django 4.2 since Django 4.2 has
-        # dropped support for MySQL<8
-        exclude:
-         - django-version: 'django42'
-           db-version: 'mysql57'
+        django-version: ['django42']
+        db-version: ['mysql80']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Start container
       run: |
         docker-compose -f .travis/docker-compose-travis.yml up -d
-    - name: Install Dependencies
+    - name: Install system packages
       run: |
         docker exec -e TOXENV=${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.django-version }} --env DB_HOST=${{ matrix.db-version }} -u root edx_notes_api \
         /bin/bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential pkg-config"
diff --git a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
index 26eb6c5c..2a043599 100644
--- a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
+++ b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 version: "2"
 
 services:
-  mysql57:
-    image: mysql:5.7
-    container_name: mysql57
-    command: mysqld --character-set-server=utf8 --collation-server=utf8_general_ci
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ""
-      MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
-      MYSQL_USER: "notes001"
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "secret"
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: "edx_notes_api"
   mysql80:
     image: mysql:8.0
     container_name: mysql80
@@ -49,7 +39,6 @@ services:
       - ..:/edx/app/edx_notes_api/edx_notes_api
     command: tail -f /dev/null
     depends_on:
-      - "mysql57"
       - "mysql80"
       - "es"
     environment:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31b6973c..98193f79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,9 +65,23 @@ develop: requirements test.requirements
 piptools: ## install pinned version of pip-compile and pip-sync
 	pip install -r requirements/pip-tools.txt
 
+define COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TEMP_COMMENT
+# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt\n# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.\n# See BOM-2721 for more details.\n# Below is the copied and edited version of common_constraints\n
+endef
+COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT=requirements/common_constraints.txt
+.PHONY: $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT)
+$(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT):
+	wget -O "$(@)" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt || touch "$(@)"
+	echo "$(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TEMP_COMMENT)" | cat - $(@) > temp && mv temp $(@)
+
 upgrade: export CUSTOM_COMPILE_COMMAND=make upgrade
-upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest packages satisfying requirements/*.in
+upgrade: piptools $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT)  ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest packages satisfying requirements/*.in
+	# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt
+	# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.
+	# See BOM-271 for more details.
+	sed -i.'' 's/Django<4.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
 	# Make sure to compile files after any other files they include!
+	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/travis.txt requirements/travis.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade --rebuild --allow-unsafe -o requirements/pip.txt requirements/pip.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/pip-tools.txt requirements/pip-tools.in
 	pip install -qr requirements/pip.txt
@@ -76,6 +90,4 @@ upgrade: piptools ## update the requirements/*.txt files with the latest package
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/test.txt requirements/test.in
 	# Let tox control the Django version for tests
 	grep -e "^django==" requirements/base.txt > requirements/django.txt
-	sed '/^[dD]jango==/d' requirements/test.txt > requirements/test.tmp
-	mv requirements/test.tmp requirements/test.txt
-
+	sed -i.'' '/^[dD]jango==/d' requirements/test.txt
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 6bd9d75f..f0a0358f 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #
 asgiref==3.7.2
     # via django
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+    # via django
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via
     #   elasticsearch
@@ -18,11 +20,11 @@ chardet==3.0.4
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
     # via edx-django-utils
-cryptography==41.0.4
+cryptography==41.0.5
     # via pyjwt
-django==3.2.22
+django==4.2.6
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-cors-headers
     #   django-crum
@@ -34,10 +36,8 @@ django==3.2.22
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-django-utils
     #   edx-drf-extensions
-django-cors-headers==3.14.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/base.in
+django-cors-headers==4.3.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.in
 django-crum==0.7.9
     # via edx-django-utils
 django-elasticsearch-dsl==7.4
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ edx-opaque-keys==2.5.1
     # via edx-drf-extensions
 elasticsearch==7.13.4
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.4.0
     #   elasticsearch-dsl
 pytz==2023.3.post1
     # via
-    #   django
     #   djangorestframework
     #   drf-yasg
 pyyaml==6.0.1
diff --git a/requirements/common_constraints.txt b/requirements/common_constraints.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0091b9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/common_constraints.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt
+# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.
+# See BOM-2721 for more details.
+# Below is the copied and edited version of common_constraints
+
+# A central location for most common version constraints
+# (across edx repos) for pip-installation.
+#
+# Similar to other constraint files this file doesn't install any packages.
+# It specifies version constraints that will be applied if a package is needed.
+# When pinning something here, please provide an explanation of why it is a good
+# idea to pin this package across all edx repos, Ideally, link to other information
+# that will help people in the future to remove the pin when possible.
+# Writing an issue against the offending project and linking to it here is good.
+#
+# Note: Changes to this file will automatically be used by other repos, referencing
+#  this file from Github directly. It does not require packaging in edx-lint.
+
+
+# using LTS django version
+
+
+# elasticsearch>=7.14.0 includes breaking changes in it which caused issues in discovery upgrade process.
+# elastic search changelog: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/master/release-notes-7.14.0.html
+elasticsearch<7.14.0
+
+# django-simple-history>3.0.0 adds indexing and causes a lot of migrations to be affected
+django-simple-history==3.0.0
+
+# tox>4.0.0 isn't yet compatible with many tox plugins, causing CI failures in almost all repos.
+# Details can be found in this discussion: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/discussions/1810
+tox<4.0.0
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index fa7b0411..8e6e2204 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Version constraints for pip installation.
+# Version constraints for pip-installation.
 #
 # This file doesn't install any packages. It specifies version constraints
 # that will be applied if a package is needed.
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 # pin when possible.  Writing an issue against the offending project and
 # linking to it here is good.
 
-# This file contains all common constraints for edx-repos
--c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+-c common_constraints.txt
+
+# Keeping Django to latest Django 4.2 LTS
+# This constraint can be removed once the global constraint has been updated
+Django<4.3
 
 astroid==1.6.6
 requests==2.25.0
@@ -21,4 +24,4 @@ python-dateutil==2.4.0
 newrelic==4.8.0.110
 more-itertools==5.0.0
 pylint==1.5.0
-django-cors-headers==3.14.0
+
diff --git a/requirements/django.txt b/requirements/django.txt
index 5a28da34..7ac6d4fc 100644
--- a/requirements/django.txt
+++ b/requirements/django.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-django==3.2.22
+django==4.2.6
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 2154d29f..0c788d61 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ wheel==0.41.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-pip==23.3
+pip==23.3.1
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
 setuptools==68.2.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 89d8bced..408d80c3 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ astroid==1.6.6
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pylint
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+    #   django
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ coverage[toml]==7.3.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pytest-cov
-cryptography==41.0.4
+cryptography==41.0.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   pyjwt
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ diff-cover==7.7.0
 distlib==0.3.7
     # via virtualenv
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-cors-headers
     #   django-crum
@@ -64,10 +68,8 @@ distlib==0.3.7
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-django-utils
     #   edx-drf-extensions
-django-cors-headers==3.14.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
+django-cors-headers==4.3.0
+    # via -r requirements/base.txt
 django-crum==0.7.9
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ edx-opaque-keys==2.5.1
     #   edx-drf-extensions
 elasticsearch==7.13.4
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-elasticsearch-dsl-drf
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ exceptiongroup==1.1.3
     # via pytest
 factory-boy==3.3.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-faker==19.11.0
+faker==19.12.0
     # via factory-boy
 filelock==3.12.4
     # via
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ pynacl==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-django-utils
-pytest==7.4.2
+pytest==7.4.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.in
     #   pytest-cov
@@ -242,7 +244,6 @@ python-slugify==8.0.1
 pytz==2023.3.post1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
-    #   django
     #   djangorestframework
     #   drf-yasg
 pyyaml==6.0.1
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   tox
 tox==3.28.0
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.in
 typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ urllib3==1.26.18
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   elasticsearch
     #   requests
-virtualenv==20.24.5
+virtualenv==20.24.6
     # via tox
 wrapt==1.15.0
     # via astroid
diff --git a/requirements/travis.txt b/requirements/travis.txt
index c4b2a642..ae825c48 100644
--- a/requirements/travis.txt
+++ b/requirements/travis.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     # via tox
 tox==3.28.0
     # via
-    #   -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/travis.in
     #   tox-battery
 tox-battery==0.6.2
     # via -r requirements/travis.in
-virtualenv==20.24.5
+virtualenv==20.24.6
     # via tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 193a8372..1809ae17 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py38-django{32, 42}
+envlist = py38-django{42}
 skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
 deps = 
-    django32: Django>=3.2,<4.0
     django42: Django>=4.2,<4.3
     -r {toxinidir}/requirements/test.txt
 passenv =