diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/helpers.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/helpers.py
index 8250d70486cd..b3a5900958ba 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/helpers.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/helpers.py
@@ -496,11 +496,11 @@ def _import_xml_node_to_parent(
 
     if xblock_class.has_children and temp_xblock.children:
         raise NotImplementedError("We don't yet support pasting XBlocks with children")
-    temp_xblock.parent = parent_key
     if copied_from_block:
         _fetch_and_set_upstream_link(copied_from_block, copied_from_version_num, temp_xblock, user)
     # Save the XBlock into modulestore. We need to save the block and its parent for this to work:
     new_xblock = store.update_item(temp_xblock, user.id, allow_not_found=True)
+    new_xblock.parent = parent_key
     parent_xblock.children.append(new_xblock.location)
     store.update_item(parent_xblock, user.id)
 
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 4d782e2d84ba..b665260a7910 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ defusedxml==0.7.1
     #   ora2
     #   python3-openid
     #   social-auth-core
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 3b4676c93d38..5f30322f02f1 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ distlib==0.3.9
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   virtualenv
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index 1f41c03dd199..26fbe0615b44 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ defusedxml==0.7.1
     #   ora2
     #   python3-openid
     #   social-auth-core
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index f97463a12c97..f282363707c4 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ dill==0.3.9
     # via pylint
 distlib==0.3.9
     # via virtualenv
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../common_constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
diff --git a/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/base.txt b/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/base.txt
index 0eaa9afd1923..46f18b2415f6 100644
--- a/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/base.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ click==8.1.6
     #   edx-django-utils
 cryptography==43.0.3
     # via pyjwt
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -c scripts/user_retirement/requirements/../../../requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -c scripts/user_retirement/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/testing.txt b/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/testing.txt
index 1d144fecb4eb..ab56b97801ed 100644
--- a/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/scripts/user_retirement/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cryptography==43.0.3
     #   pyjwt
 ddt==1.7.2
     # via -r scripts/user_retirement/requirements/testing.in
-django==4.2.19
+django==4.2.20
     # via
     #   -r scripts/user_retirement/requirements/base.txt
     #   django-crum