diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
index cf24cce..e2b48fb 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## Architecture Overview
 
 ### Core Stack
-- **Web Framework**: Django 5.2.x (LTS) - NOT compatible with Django 6.0
+- **Web Framework**: Django 6.0.x
 - **API Layer**: Django Ninja (type-hinted async-ready), NOT Django REST Framework
 - **Task Queue**: Celery 5.x with Redis broker/backend
 - **Auth**: JWT (SimpleJWT) + OAuth2 (django-oauth-toolkit) + Social auth
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ tox -e lint            # flake8 + black + isort checks
 
 ## Known Constraints & Gotchas
 
-1. **Django version**: Locked to 5.2.x - Django 6.0 incompatibility tracked in base.txt comment
+1. **Django version**: Using Django 6.x
 2. **NinjaAPI single instance**: Must be created in urls.py (not app-level routers)
 3. **Celery settings namespace**: All Celery config must use `CELERY_` prefix (e.g., `CELERY_BROKER_URL`)
 4. **PostgreSQL required**: No SQLite for production; psycopg2-binary ensures no compilation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-template.yml b/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
index 86b4ef3..36eac3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-template.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
     
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -53,3 +53,27 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run comprehensive tests
       run: |
         tox -e all-tests
+
+  dependency-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        
+    - name: Install cookiecutter
+      run: pip install cookiecutter
+      
+    - name: Generate template
+      run: |
+        cookiecutter . --no-input --output-dir /tmp/test-project project_name="Test Project" project_slug="test_project"
+        
+    - name: Check dependencies compatibility
+      run: |
+        cd /tmp/test-project/test_project
+        pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+        pip check
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index fb329d9..faaacc0 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Test dependencies for cookiecutter template
-pytest>=8.4.0
-cookiecutter>=2.6.0
-pytest-cov>=6.3.0
-pytest-mock>=3.15.0
-tox>=4.30.0
+pytest>=9.0.2
+cookiecutter>=2.7.1
+pytest-cov>=7.0.0
+pytest-mock>=3.15.1
+tox>=4.49.1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bdea6bf..67b60f8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py38,py39,py310,py311,validate,all-tests
+envlist = py312,py313,validate,all-tests
 skipsdist = true
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/base.txt b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/base.txt
index e75d9f3..5202c22 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/base.txt	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/base.txt	
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Base requirements for {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
 
 # Django framework
-django>=5.2.9,<5.3 # Use Django 5.2.x (latest stable LTS - Django 6.0 not yet compatible with django-celery-beat)
+django>=6.0.0,<7.0 # Use Django 6.x
 
 # API Framework
-django-ninja>=1.5.1,<2.0
+django-ninja>=1.6.0,<2.0
 
 # Celery and related packages
-celery>=5.6.0,<6.0
-redis>=7.1.0,<8.0 # Python client for Redis (used by Celery)
-django-celery-beat>=2.8.1,<3.0 # Database-backed periodic task scheduler
+celery>=5.6.2,<6.0
+redis>=7.3.0,<8.0 # Python client for Redis (used by Celery)
+django-celery-beat>=2.9.0,<3.0 # Database-backed periodic task scheduler
 django-celery-results>=2.6.0,<3.0 # Celery result backend using Django ORM
 
 # Database driver (PostgreSQL)
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ django-redis>=6.0.0,<7.0
 djangorestframework-simplejwt>=5.5.1,<6.0
 
 # OAuth2 Authentication
-django-oauth-toolkit>=3.1.0,<4.0 # OAuth2 provider and consumer
+django-oauth-toolkit>=3.2.0,<4.0 # OAuth2 provider and consumer
 requests-oauthlib>=2.0.0,<3.0 # OAuth2 client library
-social-auth-app-django>=5.6.0,<6.0 # Social authentication (Google, GitHub, etc.)
+social-auth-app-django>=5.7.0,<6.0 # Social authentication (Google, GitHub, etc.)
 
 # Object-level Permissions
-django-guardian>=3.2.0,<4.0
+django-guardian>=3.3.0,<4.0
 
 # Environment variable management
 python-decouple>=3.8,<4.0
 # Optional: For parsing DATABASE_URL format easily
-dj-database-url>=3.0.1,<4.0
+dj-database-url>=3.1.2,<4.0
 
 # WSGI server for production
-gunicorn>=23.0.0,<24.0
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+gunicorn>=25.1.0,<26.0
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diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/local.txt b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/local.txt
index 0702946..327e376 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/local.txt	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/local.txt	
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 # Useful Django extensions (runserver_plus, shell_plus, etc.)
 django-extensions>=4.1,<5.0
 # For debugging in the browser
-django-debug-toolbar>=6.1.0,<7.0
+django-debug-toolbar>=6.2.0,<7.0
 # Werkzeug might be needed by runserver_plus or debug toolbar in some cases
-Werkzeug>=3.1.4,<4.0
+Werkzeug>=3.1.6,<4.0
 
 # Testing libraries
 pytest>=9.0.2,<10.0
-pytest-django>=4.11.1,<5.0
+pytest-django>=4.12.0,<5.0
 
 # Code formatting and linting
-black>=25.12.0,<26.0
-isort>=7.0.0,<8.0
+black>=26.3.1,<27.0
+isort>=8.0.1,<9.0
 flake8>=7.3.0,<8.0 
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diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/production.txt b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/production.txt
index c1ef24e..273185f 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/production.txt	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/requirements/production.txt	
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 -r base.txt
 
 # Simplified static file serving for production
-whitenoise[brotli]>=6.11.0,<7.0 # Includes brotli compression support
+whitenoise[brotli]>=6.12.0,<7.0 # Includes brotli compression support
 
 # Production monitoring and logging
-sentry-sdk[django]>=2.48.0,<3.0 # Error tracking and performance monitoring
+sentry-sdk[django]>=2.54.0,<3.0 # Error tracking and performance monitoring
 
 # Add any other production-specific dependencies here
 # e.g., monitoring agents, specific logging libraries 
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