diff --git a/api/settings.py b/api/settings.py
index 318e9a9..310ca45 100644
--- a/api/settings.py
+++ b/api/settings.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "ninja",
     "corsheaders",
     "django_extensions",
-    "django_dbconn_retry",
     "account",
     "task",
     "submission",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a0f408..e957ea7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "django>=5.1.6",
     "django-cors-headers>=4.7.0",
-    "django-dbconn-retry>=0.1.8",
     "django-extensions>=3.2.3",
     "django-ninja>=1.3.0",
     "gunicorn>=23.0.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5410347..288583b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ asgiref==3.8.1
 click==8.1.8
 django==5.1.6
 django-cors-headers==4.7.0
-django-dbconn-retry==0.1.8
 django-extensions==3.2.3
 django-ninja==1.3.0
 dnspython==2.7.0
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1cfaeb6..1220069 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7e/a2/7bcfff86314bd9dd698180e31ba00604001606efb518a06cca6833a54285/django_cors_headers-4.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f1c125dcd58479fe7a67fe2499c16ee38b81b397463cf025f0e2c42937421070", size = 12794 },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "django-dbconn-retry"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/99/64/58c8ae7f25514514c09a91b3542ef28e37b265905768c383949500301e8d/django_dbconn_retry-0.1.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:be0fcb4d04d23655b431a6a6d9db80fd9f068d269e298caa4a284b6a45cf8ac4", size = 7094 },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "django-extensions"
 version = "3.2.3"
@@ -297,7 +289,6 @@ source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "django" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers" },
-    { name = "django-dbconn-retry" },
     { name = "django-extensions" },
     { name = "django-ninja" },
     { name = "gunicorn" },
@@ -311,7 +302,6 @@ dependencies = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "django", specifier = ">=5.1.6" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers", specifier = ">=4.7.0" },
-    { name = "django-dbconn-retry", specifier = ">=0.1.8" },
     { name = "django-extensions", specifier = ">=3.2.3" },
     { name = "django-ninja", specifier = ">=1.3.0" },
     { name = "gunicorn", specifier = ">=23.0.0" },