Django Versions: What's New

Covered topics: the current LTS, Django 5.x, Django 6.0, and version selection.

Current LTS Versions

Django 4.2 support ended in April 2026. A supported legacy project should use
Django 5.2 LTS rather than 4.2.

Key Changes in Django 4.x

4.0

• CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS now requires the scheme (https://)
• zoneinfo replaces pytz
• UniqueConstraint with violation_error_message

4.1

• Async class-based views
• Async ORM (await Task.objects.aget())

4.2 (LTS)

• db_default — database-level defaults
• GeneratedField — computed columns in the database
• PostgreSQL improvements

Key Changes in Django 5.x

5.0

• Logout via POST — LogoutView only accepts POST
• Field.db_default — default values stored in the database
• Facet filters in the admin

5.1

• Form improvements
• LoginRequiredMiddleware (alternative to decorators)

5.2 (LTS)

• Composite primary keys (multi-column primary keys)

Recommendations

• New project — Django 5.2 LTS
• Need current feature-release functionality and Python 3.12+ — Django 6.0
• Legacy maintenance — upgrade to at least Django 5.2 LTS
• Check third-party package compatibility before upgrading

Checking the Version

import django
print(django.VERSION)  # (5, 2, 0, 'final', 0)

python -m django --version