diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 225ec40126..0a342d164e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  * Maintenance: Refactor Elasticsearch backend functionality for easier extensibility (Marcel Kornblum, Cameron Lamb, Sam Dudley)
+ * Maintenance: Update BeautifulSoup upper bound to 4.12.x (scott-8)
 
 
 5.2 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index b19d022ddb..e8c6fd16c2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@
 * Marcel Kornblum
 * Cameron Lamb
 * Sam Dudley
+* scott-8
 
 ## Translators
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.3.md b/docs/releases/5.3.md
index 9eb5df37fd..5b9b995640 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.3.md
+++ b/docs/releases/5.3.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ depth: 1
 ### Maintenance
 
  * Refactor Elasticsearch backend functionality for easier extensibility (Marcel Kornblum, Cameron Lamb, Sam Dudley)
+ * Update BeautifulSoup upper bound to 4.12.x (scott-8)
 
 
 ## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a20fd95391..7f5d7b54d6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "django-filter>=23.3,<24",
     "draftjs_exporter>=2.1.5,<3.0",
     "Pillow>=9.1.0,<11.0.0",
-    "beautifulsoup4>=4.8,<4.12",
+    "beautifulsoup4>=4.8,<4.13",
     "html5lib>=0.999,<2",
     "Willow[heif]>=1.6.2,<1.7",
     "requests>=2.11.1,<3.0",