diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/asset_storage_handlers.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/asset_storage_handlers.py
index 1c9ba46702b9..29c8800fa0c2 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/asset_storage_handlers.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/asset_storage_handlers.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ def _get_thumbnail_asset_key(asset, course_key):
 
 
 # TODO: this method needs improvement. These view decorators should be at the top in an actual view method,
-#  but this is just a method called by the asset_handler. The asset_handler used by the public studio content API
+#  but this is just a method called by the asset_handler. The asset_handler used by the public CMS API
 # just ignores all of this stuff.
 @require_http_methods(('DELETE', 'POST', 'PUT'))
 @login_required
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/serializers/xblock.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/serializers/xblock.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68d44af0ffd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/serializers/xblock.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""
+API Serializers for xblocks
+"""
+
+
+# TODO: implement and use serializer
+# from rest_framework import serializers
+
+# class XblockSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+#     """Serializer for xblocks"""
+#     id=serializers.CharField(required=False)
+#     display_name=serializers.CharField(required=False)
+#     category=serializers.CharField(required=False)
+#     data=serializers.CharField(required=False)
+#     metadata=serializers.DictField(required=False)
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/assets.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/assets.py
index 3508020a85b4..dc95087a125d 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/assets.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/assets.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API Assets.
+Public rest API endpoints for the CMS API Assets.
 """
 import logging
 from rest_framework.generics import RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, CreateAPIView
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 @view_auth_classes()
 class AssetsView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, CreateAPIView):
     """
-    public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API Assets.
+    public rest API endpoints for the CMS API Assets.
     course_key: required argument, needed to authorize course authors and identify the asset.
     asset_key_string: required argument, needed to identify the asset.
     """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_assets.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_assets.py
index 9d1bee5fd727..908af1d1bc94 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_assets.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_assets.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 """
-Tests for the xblock view of the Studio Content API. This tests only the view itself,
+Tests for the xblock view of the CMS API. This tests only the view itself,
 not the underlying Xblock service.
 It checks that the assets_handler method of the Xblock service is called with the expected parameters.
 """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_xblock.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_xblock.py
index 688a6cc0cd64..f8d871a5bef0 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_xblock.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/tests/test_xblock.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Tests for the xblock view of the Studio Content API. This tests only the view itself,
+Tests for the xblock view of the CMS API. This tests only the view itself,
 not the underlying Xblock service.
 It checks that the xblock_handler method of the Xblock service is called with the expected parameters.
 """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/transcripts.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/transcripts.py
index af23a81fb867..e4e8ff866799 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/transcripts.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/transcripts.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API video assets.
+Public rest API endpoints for the CMS API video assets.
 """
 import logging
 from rest_framework.generics import (
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 @view_auth_classes()
 class TranscriptView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, CreateAPIView, RetrieveAPIView, DestroyAPIView):
     """
-    public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API video transcripts.
+    public rest API endpoints for the CMS API video transcripts.
     course_key: required argument, needed to authorize course authors and identify the video.
     edx_video_id: optional query parameter, needed to identify the transcript.
     language_code: optional query parameter, needed to identify the transcript.
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/videos.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/videos.py
index 46282b2eb61d..a6e776b77c09 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/videos.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/videos.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API video assets.
+Public rest API endpoints for the CMS API video assets.
 """
 import logging
 from rest_framework.generics import (
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 @view_auth_classes()
 class VideosView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, CreateAPIView, RetrieveAPIView, DestroyAPIView):
     """
-    public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API video assets.
+    public rest API endpoints for the CMS API video assets.
     course_key: required argument, needed to authorize course authors and identify the video.
     video_id: required argument, needed to identify the video.
     """
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/xblock.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/xblock.py
index 2da54811d4b3..13087c6cd381 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/xblock.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/rest_api/v1/views/xblock.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API.
+Public rest API endpoints for the CMS API.
 """
 import logging
 from rest_framework.generics import RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, CreateAPIView
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 from openedx.core.lib.api.view_utils import DeveloperErrorViewMixin, view_auth_classes
 from common.djangoapps.util.json_request import expect_json_in_class_view
 
-from ....api import course_author_access_required
-
+from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.api import course_author_access_required
 from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.xblock_storage_handlers import view_handlers
 import cms.djangoapps.contentstore.toggles as contentstore_toggles
 
+# from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.rest_api.v1.serializers import XblockSerializer
+
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 toggles = contentstore_toggles
 handle_xblock = view_handlers.handle_xblock
@@ -22,11 +24,13 @@
 @view_auth_classes()
 class XblockView(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView, CreateAPIView):
     """
-    Public rest API endpoints for the Studio Content API.
+    Public rest API endpoints for the CMS API.
     course_key: required argument, needed to authorize course authors.
     usage_key_string (optional):
     xblock identifier, for example in the form of "block-v1:<course id>+type@<type>+block@<block id>"
     """
+    # TODO: uncomment next line after XblockSerializer is implemented
+    # serializer_class = XblockSerializer
 
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # TODO: probably want to refactor this to a decorator.
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/xblock_storage_handlers/view_handlers.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/xblock_storage_handlers/view_handlers.py
index f7d369630769..425f97e3751f 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/xblock_storage_handlers/view_handlers.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/xblock_storage_handlers/view_handlers.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def handle_xblock(request, usage_key_string=None):
     """
     Service method with all business logic for handling xblock requests.
     This method is used both by the internal xblock_handler API and by
-    the public studio content API.
+    the public CMS API.
     """
     if usage_key_string:
         usage_key = usage_key_with_run(usage_key_string)
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index cbc100bcabe6..ba8d2d26f2f6 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -1791,6 +1791,9 @@
 
     # Blockstore
     'blockstore.apps.bundles',
+
+    # alternative swagger generator for CMS API
+    'drf_spectacular',
 ]
 
 
@@ -2771,3 +2774,16 @@
 #### django-simple-history##
 # disable indexing on date field its coming django-simple-history.
 SIMPLE_HISTORY_DATE_INDEX = False
+
+# This affects the CMS API swagger docs but not the legacy swagger docs under /api-docs/.
+REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS'] = 'drf_spectacular.openapi.AutoSchema'
+
+# These fields override the spectacular settings default values.
+# Any fields not included here will use the default values.
+SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
+    'TITLE': 'CMS API',
+    'DESCRIPTION': 'Experimental API to edit xblocks and course content. Danger: Do not use on running courses!',
+    'VERSION': '1.0.0',
+    'SERVE_INCLUDE_SCHEMA': False,
+    'PREPROCESSING_HOOKS': ['cms.lib.spectacular.cms_api_filter'],  # restrict spectacular to CMS API endpoints
+}
diff --git a/cms/lib/spectacular.py b/cms/lib/spectacular.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d05d71353157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/lib/spectacular.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+""" Helper functions for drf-spectacular """
+
+
+def cms_api_filter(endpoints):
+    """
+    At the moment, we are only enabling drf-spectacular for the CMS API.
+    Filter out endpoints that are not part of the CMS API.
+    """
+    filtered = []
+    for (path, path_regex, method, callback) in endpoints:
+        # Add only paths to the list that are part of the CMS API
+        if (
+            path.startswith("/api/contentstore/v1/xblock") or
+            path.startswith("/api/contentstore/v1/videos") or
+            path.startswith("/api/contentstore/v1/video_transcripts") or
+            path.startswith("/api/contentstore/v1/file_assets")
+        ):
+            filtered.append((path, path_regex, method, callback))
+    return filtered
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index aae5aeefbd49..540d3cc8db04 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 from django.urls import include
 from django.urls import path, re_path
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.contrib import admin
+from drf_spectacular.views import SpectacularAPIView, SpectacularSwaggerView
 from auth_backends.urls import oauth2_urlpatterns
 from edx_api_doc_tools import make_docs_urls
-from django.contrib import admin
 
 import openedx.core.djangoapps.common_views.xblock
 import openedx.core.djangoapps.debug.views
@@ -340,3 +341,9 @@
 urlpatterns += [
     path('api/content_tagging/', include(('openedx.features.content_tagging.urls'))),
 ]
+
+# studio-content-api specific API docs (using drf-spectacular and openapi-v3)
+urlpatterns += [
+    re_path('^cms-api/ui/', SpectacularSwaggerView.as_view(url_name='schema'), name='swagger-ui'),
+    re_path('^cms-api/schema/', SpectacularAPIView.as_view(), name='schema'),
+]
diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.txt
index bc49374be05f..ee53d16072b1 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ click==8.1.6
     #   nltk
 codejail-includes==1.0.0
     # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.in
-contourpy==1.1.0
+contourpy==1.1.1
     # via matplotlib
 cryptography==38.0.4
     # via
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ markupsafe==2.1.3
     # via
     #   chem
     #   openedx-calc
-matplotlib==3.7.2
+matplotlib==3.7.3
     # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.in
 mpmath==1.3.0
     # via sympy
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pillow==9.5.0
     #   matplotlib
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
-pyparsing==3.0.9
+pyparsing==3.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.in
     #   chem
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ sympy==1.12
     #   openedx-calc
 tqdm==4.66.1
     # via nltk
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via importlib-resources
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 379317a31123..52cef5293cd7 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ django==3.2.21
     #   done-xblock
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-ace
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ django==3.2.21
     #   xss-utils
 django-appconf==1.0.5
     # via django-statici18n
-django-cache-memoize==0.1.10
+django-cache-memoize==0.2.0
     # via edx-enterprise
 django-celery-results==2.5.1
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ django-environ==0.11.2
     # via openedx-blockstore
 django-fernet-fields-v2==0.9
     # via edx-enterprise
-django-filter==23.2
+django-filter==23.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ django-sekizai==4.1.0
     #   openedx-django-wiki
 django-ses==3.5.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/bundled.in
-django-simple-history==3.3.0
+django-simple-history==3.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.14.0
     #   django-user-tasks
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
     #   edx-completion
@@ -410,6 +412,8 @@ drf-jwt==1.19.2
     # via edx-drf-extensions
 drf-nested-routers==0.93.4
     # via openedx-blockstore
+drf-spectacular==0.26.4
+    # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
 drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ edx-django-utils==5.7.0
     #   openedx-blockstore
     #   ora2
     #   super-csv
-edx-drf-extensions==8.9.2
+edx-drf-extensions==8.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   edx-completion
@@ -570,7 +574,7 @@ event-tracking==2.2.0
     #   edx-search
 fastavro==1.8.3
     # via openedx-events
-filelock==3.12.3
+filelock==3.12.4
     # via snowflake-connector-python
 frozenlist==1.4.0
     # via
@@ -600,7 +604,7 @@ html5lib==1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   ora2
-icalendar==5.0.7
+icalendar==5.0.8
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
 idna==3.4
     # via
@@ -616,7 +620,9 @@ importlib-resources==6.0.1
     #   jsonschema
     #   jsonschema-specifications
 inflection==0.5.1
-    # via drf-yasg
+    # via
+    #   drf-spectacular
+    #   drf-yasg
 interchange==2021.0.4
     # via py2neo
 ipaddress==1.0.23
@@ -647,7 +653,9 @@ jsonfield==3.1.0
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   ora2
 jsonschema==4.19.0
-    # via optimizely-sdk
+    # via
+    #   drf-spectacular
+    #   optimizely-sdk
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.7.1
     # via jsonschema
 jwcrypto==1.5.0
@@ -658,7 +666,7 @@ kombu==5.3.2
     # via celery
 laboratory==1.0.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
-lazy==1.5
+lazy==1.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/paver.txt
     #   acid-xblock
@@ -849,7 +857,7 @@ pycountry==22.3.5
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
-pycryptodomex==3.18.0
+pycryptodomex==3.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   edx-proctoring
@@ -917,7 +925,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   botocore
     #   celery
     #   edx-ace
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-proctoring
     #   icalendar
@@ -965,6 +972,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   code-annotations
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-i18n-tools
     #   xblock
@@ -1009,7 +1017,7 @@ requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   social-auth-core
-rpds-py==0.10.2
+rpds-py==0.10.3
     # via
     #   jsonschema
     #   referencing
@@ -1057,7 +1065,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   edx-ccx-keys
     #   edx-codejail
     #   edx-django-release-util
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-milestones
     #   edx-rbac
     #   event-tracking
@@ -1122,7 +1129,7 @@ super-csv==3.1.0
     # via edx-bulk-grades
 sympy==1.12
     # via openedx-calc
-testfixtures==7.1.0
+testfixtures==7.2.0
     # via edx-enterprise
 text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
@@ -1134,13 +1141,12 @@ tqdm==4.66.1
     # via
     #   nltk
     #   openai
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/paver.txt
     #   asgiref
     #   django-countries
     #   edx-opaque-keys
-    #   filelock
     #   kombu
     #   pylti1p3
     #   snowflake-connector-python
@@ -1155,6 +1161,7 @@ unicodecsv==0.14.1
 uritemplate==4.1.1
     # via
     #   coreapi
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
@@ -1236,7 +1243,7 @@ xss-utils==0.5.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
 yarl==1.9.2
     # via aiohttp
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via
     #   importlib-metadata
     #   importlib-resources
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index b93931b74651..5695e1f88a7b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ django==3.2.21
     #   done-xblock
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-ace
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ django-appconf==1.0.5
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   django-statici18n
-django-cache-memoize==0.1.10
+django-cache-memoize==0.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ django-fernet-fields-v2==0.9
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
-django-filter==23.2
+django-filter==23.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ django-ses==3.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-django-simple-history==3.3.0
+django-simple-history==3.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.14.0
     #   django-user-tasks
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
     #   edx-completion
@@ -657,6 +659,10 @@ drf-nested-routers==0.93.4
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   openedx-blockstore
+drf-spectacular==0.26.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
+    #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
 drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
@@ -735,7 +741,7 @@ edx-django-utils==5.7.0
     #   openedx-blockstore
     #   ora2
     #   super-csv
-edx-drf-extensions==8.9.2
+edx-drf-extensions==8.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -903,7 +909,7 @@ fastavro==1.8.3
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   openedx-events
-filelock==3.12.3
+filelock==3.12.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -943,7 +949,7 @@ gitdb==4.0.10
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   gitpython
-gitpython==3.1.35
+gitpython==3.1.36
     # via -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
 glob2==0.7
     # via
@@ -981,7 +987,7 @@ httpx==0.23.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   pact-python
-icalendar==5.0.7
+icalendar==5.0.8
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1020,6 +1026,7 @@ inflection==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via
@@ -1086,6 +1093,7 @@ jsonschema==4.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   optimizely-sdk
     #   sphinxcontrib-openapi
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.7.1
@@ -1108,7 +1116,7 @@ laboratory==1.0.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-lazy==1.5
+lazy==1.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1461,7 +1469,7 @@ pycparser==2.21
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   cffi
-pycryptodomex==3.18.0
+pycryptodomex==3.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1477,7 +1485,7 @@ pydantic-core==2.6.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   pydantic
-pydata-sphinx-theme==0.13.3
+pydata-sphinx-theme==0.14.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   sphinx-book-theme
@@ -1628,7 +1636,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   botocore
     #   celery
     #   edx-ace
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-proctoring
     #   faker
@@ -1695,6 +1702,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   code-annotations
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-i18n-tools
     #   sphinxcontrib-openapi
@@ -1759,7 +1767,7 @@ rfc3986[idna2008]==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   httpx
-rpds-py==0.10.2
+rpds-py==0.10.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1837,7 +1845,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   edx-ccx-keys
     #   edx-codejail
     #   edx-django-release-util
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-lint
     #   edx-milestones
     #   edx-rbac
@@ -1865,7 +1872,7 @@ slumber==0.7.1
     #   edx-bulk-grades
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-rest-api-client
-smmap==5.0.0
+smmap==5.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   gitdb
@@ -1998,7 +2005,7 @@ sympy==1.12
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   openedx-calc
-testfixtures==7.1.0
+testfixtures==7.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -2048,7 +2055,7 @@ tqdm==4.66.1
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   nltk
     #   openai
-types-pytz==2023.3.0.1
+types-pytz==2023.3.1.0
     # via django-stubs
 types-pyyaml==6.0.12.11
     # via
@@ -2058,7 +2065,7 @@ types-requests==2.31.0.2
     # via djangorestframework-stubs
 types-urllib3==1.26.25.14
     # via types-requests
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -2072,7 +2079,6 @@ typing-extensions==4.7.1
     #   edx-opaque-keys
     #   faker
     #   fastapi
-    #   filelock
     #   grimp
     #   import-linter
     #   kombu
@@ -2103,6 +2109,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   coreapi
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
@@ -2239,7 +2246,7 @@ yarl==1.9.2
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   aiohttp
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/../pip-tools.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index ece3802a84db..adeb3520e9db 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ django==3.2.21
     #   done-xblock
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-ace
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ django-appconf==1.0.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-statici18n
-django-cache-memoize==0.1.10
+django-cache-memoize==0.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ django-fernet-fields-v2==0.9
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
-django-filter==23.2
+django-filter==23.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ django-sekizai==4.1.0
     #   openedx-django-wiki
 django-ses==3.5.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-django-simple-history==3.3.0
+django-simple-history==3.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.14.0
     #   django-user-tasks
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
     #   edx-completion
@@ -483,6 +485,8 @@ drf-nested-routers==0.93.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-blockstore
+drf-spectacular==0.26.4
+    # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
@@ -544,7 +548,7 @@ edx-django-utils==5.7.0
     #   openedx-blockstore
     #   ora2
     #   super-csv
-edx-drf-extensions==8.9.2
+edx-drf-extensions==8.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-completion
@@ -654,7 +658,7 @@ fastavro==1.8.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-events
-filelock==3.12.3
+filelock==3.12.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   snowflake-connector-python
@@ -681,7 +685,7 @@ geoip2==4.7.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 gitdb==4.0.10
     # via gitpython
-gitpython==3.1.35
+gitpython==3.1.36
     # via -r requirements/edx/doc.in
 glob2==0.7
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -693,7 +697,7 @@ html5lib==1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   ora2
-icalendar==5.0.7
+icalendar==5.0.8
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 idna==3.4
     # via
@@ -717,6 +721,7 @@ importlib-resources==6.0.1
 inflection==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 interchange==2021.0.4
     # via
@@ -763,6 +768,7 @@ jsonfield==3.1.0
 jsonschema==4.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   optimizely-sdk
     #   sphinxcontrib-openapi
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.7.1
@@ -780,7 +786,7 @@ kombu==5.3.2
     #   celery
 laboratory==1.0.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-lazy==1.5
+lazy==1.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   acid-xblock
@@ -1012,14 +1018,14 @@ pycparser==2.21
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   cffi
-pycryptodomex==3.18.0
+pycryptodomex==3.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-proctoring
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   pyjwkest
     #   snowflake-connector-python
-pydata-sphinx-theme==0.13.3
+pydata-sphinx-theme==0.14.0
     # via sphinx-book-theme
 pygments==2.16.1
     # via
@@ -1093,7 +1099,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   botocore
     #   celery
     #   edx-ace
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-proctoring
     #   icalendar
@@ -1145,6 +1150,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   code-annotations
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-i18n-tools
     #   sphinxcontrib-openapi
@@ -1194,7 +1200,7 @@ requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   social-auth-core
-rpds-py==0.10.2
+rpds-py==0.10.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   jsonschema
@@ -1253,7 +1259,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   edx-ccx-keys
     #   edx-codejail
     #   edx-django-release-util
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-milestones
     #   edx-rbac
     #   event-tracking
@@ -1277,7 +1282,7 @@ slumber==0.7.1
     #   edx-bulk-grades
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-rest-api-client
-smmap==5.0.0
+smmap==5.0.1
     # via gitdb
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
     # via sphinx
@@ -1367,7 +1372,7 @@ sympy==1.12
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-calc
-testfixtures==7.1.0
+testfixtures==7.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -1388,13 +1393,12 @@ tqdm==4.66.1
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   nltk
     #   openai
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   asgiref
     #   django-countries
     #   edx-opaque-keys
-    #   filelock
     #   kombu
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   pylti1p3
@@ -1412,6 +1416,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   coreapi
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
@@ -1505,7 +1510,7 @@ yarl==1.9.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   aiohttp
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   importlib-metadata
diff --git a/requirements/edx/kernel.in b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
index 13e2ec3a2b36..dd3403655d28 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/kernel.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/kernel.in
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ django-user-tasks
 django-waffle
 django-webpack-loader               # Used to wire webpack bundles into the django asset pipeline
 djangorestframework
+drf-spectacular
 edx-ace
 edx-api-doc-tools
 edx-auth-backends                   # Allow Studio to use LMS SSO
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.txt b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
index 4c498e9476c6..962fdec088fa 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edx-opaque-keys==2.5.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/paver.in
 idna==3.4
     # via requests
-lazy==1.5
+lazy==1.6
     # via -r requirements/edx/paver.in
 libsass==0.10.0
     # via
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stevedore==5.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/paver.in
     #   edx-opaque-keys
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
diff --git a/requirements/edx/semgrep.txt b/requirements/edx/semgrep.txt
index f11f4660f7b9..e5a31e360d42 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/semgrep.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/semgrep.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ boltons==21.0.0
     #   face
     #   glom
     #   semgrep
-bracex==2.3.post1
+bracex==2.4
     # via wcmatch
 certifi==2023.7.22
     # via requests
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ referencing==0.30.2
     #   jsonschema-specifications
 requests==2.31.0
     # via semgrep
-rich==13.5.2
+rich==13.5.3
     # via semgrep
-rpds-py==0.10.0
+rpds-py==0.10.3
     # via
     #   jsonschema
     #   referencing
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ ruamel-yaml==0.17.32
     # via semgrep
 ruamel-yaml-clib==0.2.7
     # via ruamel-yaml
-semgrep==1.38.0
+semgrep==1.41.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/semgrep.in
 tomli==2.0.1
     # via semgrep
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
     #   rich
     #   semgrep
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ urllib3==1.26.16
     #   semgrep
 wcmatch==8.5
     # via semgrep
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via importlib-resources
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 8b4f297efc40..d883982730e0 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ django==3.2.21
     #   done-xblock
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-ace
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ django-appconf==1.0.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   django-statici18n
-django-cache-memoize==0.1.10
+django-cache-memoize==0.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ django-fernet-fields-v2==0.9
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
-django-filter==23.2
+django-filter==23.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ django-sekizai==4.1.0
     #   openedx-django-wiki
 django-ses==3.5.0
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-django-simple-history==3.3.0
+django-simple-history==3.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-enterprise
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.14.0
     #   django-user-tasks
     #   drf-jwt
     #   drf-nested-routers
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
     #   edx-api-doc-tools
     #   edx-completion
@@ -513,6 +515,8 @@ drf-nested-routers==0.93.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-blockstore
+drf-spectacular==0.26.4
+    # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 drf-yasg==1.21.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
@@ -574,7 +578,7 @@ edx-django-utils==5.7.0
     #   openedx-blockstore
     #   ora2
     #   super-csv
-edx-drf-extensions==8.9.2
+edx-drf-extensions==8.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-completion
@@ -699,7 +703,7 @@ fastavro==1.8.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-events
-filelock==3.12.3
+filelock==3.12.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   snowflake-connector-python
@@ -750,7 +754,7 @@ httpretty==1.1.4
     # via -r requirements/edx/testing.in
 httpx==0.23.3
     # via pact-python
-icalendar==5.0.7
+icalendar==5.0.8
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 idna==3.4
     # via
@@ -776,6 +780,7 @@ importlib-resources==6.0.1
 inflection==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
@@ -829,6 +834,7 @@ jsonfield==3.1.0
 jsonschema==4.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   optimizely-sdk
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.7.1
     # via
@@ -845,7 +851,7 @@ kombu==5.3.2
     #   celery
 laboratory==1.0.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-lazy==1.5
+lazy==1.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   acid-xblock
@@ -1099,7 +1105,7 @@ pycparser==2.21
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   cffi
-pycryptodomex==3.18.0
+pycryptodomex==3.19.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   edx-proctoring
@@ -1227,7 +1233,6 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   botocore
     #   celery
     #   edx-ace
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-enterprise
     #   edx-proctoring
     #   faker
@@ -1281,6 +1286,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   code-annotations
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   edx-django-release-util
     #   edx-i18n-tools
     #   xblock
@@ -1331,7 +1337,7 @@ requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
     #   social-auth-core
 rfc3986[idna2008]==1.5.0
     # via httpx
-rpds-py==0.10.2
+rpds-py==0.10.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   jsonschema
@@ -1396,7 +1402,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   edx-ccx-keys
     #   edx-codejail
     #   edx-django-release-util
-    #   edx-drf-extensions
     #   edx-lint
     #   edx-milestones
     #   edx-rbac
@@ -1479,7 +1484,7 @@ sympy==1.12
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   openedx-calc
-testfixtures==7.1.0
+testfixtures==7.2.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.in
@@ -1516,7 +1521,7 @@ tqdm==4.66.1
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   nltk
     #   openai
-typing-extensions==4.7.1
+typing-extensions==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   annotated-types
@@ -1526,7 +1531,6 @@ typing-extensions==4.7.1
     #   edx-opaque-keys
     #   faker
     #   fastapi
-    #   filelock
     #   grimp
     #   import-linter
     #   kombu
@@ -1552,6 +1556,7 @@ uritemplate==4.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   coreapi
+    #   drf-spectacular
     #   drf-yasg
 urllib3==1.26.16
     # via
@@ -1652,7 +1657,7 @@ yarl==1.9.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   aiohttp
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   importlib-metadata
diff --git a/requirements/pip-tools.txt b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
index a4b79a932dda..f9aebfe766c5 100644
--- a/requirements/pip-tools.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     #   pyproject-hooks
 wheel==0.41.2
     # via pip-tools
-zipp==3.16.2
+zipp==3.17.0
     # via importlib-metadata
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index a53f711a5dcd..3e7d8f4a813f 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ wheel==0.41.2
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 pip==23.2.1
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
-setuptools==68.2.1
+setuptools==68.2.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in