diff --git a/requirements/common.in b/requirements/common.in
index b18b3cb597..af5cb3739c 100644
--- a/requirements/common.in
+++ b/requirements/common.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # and requirements/prod.txt.
 # See requirements/README.md for more detail.
 # Django itself
-Django[argon2]==3.2.*
+Django[argon2]==3.1.*
 
 # needed for Literal, TypedDict
 typing-extensions
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index e04e1b279d..b462254634 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ django-two-factor-auth[call,phonenumberslite,sms]==1.13.1 \
     --hash=sha256:a20e03d256fd9fd668988545f052cedcc47e5a981888562e5e27d0bb83deae89 \
     --hash=sha256:d270d4288731233621a9462a89a8dfed2dcb86fa354125c816a89772d55f9e29
     # via -r requirements/common.in
-django[argon2]==3.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:0604e84c4fb698a5e53e5857b5aea945b2f19a18f25f10b8748dbdf935788927 \
-    --hash=sha256:21f0f9643722675976004eb683c55d33c05486f94506672df3d6a141546f389d
+django[argon2]==3.1.8 \
+    --hash=sha256:c348b3ddc452bf4b62361f0752f71a339140c777ebea3cdaaaa8fdb7f417a862 \
+    --hash=sha256:f8393103e15ec2d2d313ccbb95a3f1da092f9f58d74ac1c61ca2ac0436ae1eac
     # via
     #   -r requirements/common.in
     #   django-auth-ldap
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index daea305c04..1ba4de9ac1 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ django-two-factor-auth[call,phonenumberslite,sms]==1.13.1 \
     --hash=sha256:a20e03d256fd9fd668988545f052cedcc47e5a981888562e5e27d0bb83deae89 \
     --hash=sha256:d270d4288731233621a9462a89a8dfed2dcb86fa354125c816a89772d55f9e29
     # via -r requirements/common.in
-django[argon2]==3.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:0604e84c4fb698a5e53e5857b5aea945b2f19a18f25f10b8748dbdf935788927 \
-    --hash=sha256:21f0f9643722675976004eb683c55d33c05486f94506672df3d6a141546f389d
+django[argon2]==3.1.8 \
+    --hash=sha256:c348b3ddc452bf4b62361f0752f71a339140c777ebea3cdaaaa8fdb7f417a862 \
+    --hash=sha256:f8393103e15ec2d2d313ccbb95a3f1da092f9f58d74ac1c61ca2ac0436ae1eac
     # via
     #   -r requirements/common.in
     #   django-auth-ldap
diff --git a/tools/test-backend b/tools/test-backend
index 3c0b8df982..233ec37cb5 100755
--- a/tools/test-backend
+++ b/tools/test-backend
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ not_yet_fully_covered = [
     "zerver/lib/markdown/help_relative_links.py",
     "zerver/lib/markdown/nested_code_blocks.py",
     # Other lib files that ideally would coverage, but aren't sorted
+    "zerver/__init__.py",
     "zerver/filters.py",
     "zerver/middleware.py",
     "zerver/lib/bot_lib.py",
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index b01c311854..5125daa3fe 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 62
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = "142.0"
+PROVISION_VERSION = "141.3"
diff --git a/zerver/__init__.py b/zerver/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..08e90b7a2a 100644
--- a/zerver/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Load AppConfig app subclass by default on django applications initialization
+default_app_config = "zerver.apps.ZerverConfig"
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index d860911cb0..f4d881ad4f 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ elif REMOTE_POSTGRES_HOST != "":
 
 POSTGRESQL_MISSING_DICTIONARIES = bool(get_config("postgresql", "missing_dictionaries", None))
 
-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"
-
 ########################################################################
 # RABBITMQ CONFIGURATION
 ########################################################################