diff --git a/mediathread/settings_shared.py b/mediathread/settings_shared.py
index 2ff333552..15b5feb7f 100644
--- a/mediathread/settings_shared.py
+++ b/mediathread/settings_shared.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     'rest_framework',
     'django_celery_results',
     's3sign',
+    'debug_toolbar',
 ]
 
 THUMBNAIL_SUBDIR = "thumbs"
@@ -255,10 +256,6 @@ def default_url_processor(url, label=None, request=None):
     DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE = 'None'
 
 if DEVELOPMENT:
-    INSTALLED_APPS = [
-        *INSTALLED_APPS,
-        'debug_toolbar',
-    ]
     MIDDLEWARE = [
         'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
         *MIDDLEWARE,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d49cd4741..c16b544cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pbr==7.0.0
 
 six==1.17.0
 sqlparse==0.5.3  # django-debug-toolbar
-django-debug-toolbar==5.2.0
+django-debug-toolbar==6.0.0
 python-mimeparse==2.0.0  # tastypie
 python-dateutil==2.9.0  # tastypie
 defusedxml==0.7.1  # tastypie