diff --git a/run/django/cloudmigrate.yaml b/run/django/cloudmigrate.yaml
index 8a6fc01b92b..a3e644566c6 100644
--- a/run/django/cloudmigrate.yaml
+++ b/run/django/cloudmigrate.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 steps:
   - id: "Build Container Image"
     name: gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/pack
-    args: ["build", "${_IMAGE_NAME}", "--builder=gcr.io/buildpacks/builder"]
+    args: ["build", "${_IMAGE_NAME}", "--builder=gcr.io/buildpacks/builder:google-24"]
 
   - id: "Push Container Image"
     name: "gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker"
diff --git a/run/django/e2e_test_setup.yaml b/run/django/e2e_test_setup.yaml
index dac968f03f6..3c99ccccd5a 100644
--- a/run/django/e2e_test_setup.yaml
+++ b/run/django/e2e_test_setup.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ steps:
 
   - id: "Build Container Image"
     name: gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/pack
-    args: ["build", "${_IMAGE_NAME}", "--builder=gcr.io/buildpacks/builder",
+    args: ["build", "${_IMAGE_NAME}", "--builder=gcr.io/buildpacks/builder:google-24",
       "--env", "GOOGLE_PYTHON_VERSION=${_PYTHON_VERSION}"]
 
   - id: "Push Container Image"
diff --git a/run/django/mysite/settings.py b/run/django/mysite/settings.py
index a57c07ede72..b04b1537a34 100644
--- a/run/django/mysite/settings.py
+++ b/run/django/mysite/settings.py
@@ -174,12 +174,26 @@
 STORAGES = {
     "default": {
         "BACKEND": "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage",
+        "options": {
+            "bucket_name": GS_BUCKET_NAME,
+            "querystring_auth": True,  # Enable signed URLs
+            "default_acl": None,  # No ACLs required due to uniform level access on your bucket
+            "expiration": 300,
+            "iam_sign_blob": True,  # Use the IAM Sign Blob API
+        },
     },
     "staticfiles": {
         "BACKEND": "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage",
+        "options": {
+            "bucket_name": GS_BUCKET_NAME,
+            "querystring_auth": True,  # Enable signed URLs
+            "default_acl": None,  # No ACLs required due to uniform level access on your bucket
+            "expiration": 300,
+            "iam_sign_blob": True,  # Use the IAM Sign Blob API
+        },
     },
 }
-GS_DEFAULT_ACL = "publicRead"
+GS_DEFAULT_ACL = None
 # [END cloudrun_django_static_config]
 
 # Default primary key field type
diff --git a/run/django/noxfile_config.py b/run/django/noxfile_config.py
index e928b32a2d2..ac71c9368c0 100644
--- a/run/django/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/run/django/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["2.7", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["2.7", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8",  "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature the
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/run/django/requirements.txt b/run/django/requirements.txt
index 92897c3072e..de944d236aa 100644
--- a/run/django/requirements.txt
+++ b/run/django/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-Django==5.2.5; python_version >= "3.10"
-Django==4.2.24; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.10"
+Django==6.0.2
 django-storages[google]==1.14.6
 django-environ==0.12.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.11
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 google-cloud-secret-manager==2.21.1