diff --git a/cypress/e2e/sign-in.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/sign-in.cy.js
index f92b43c3..4be65ef0 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/sign-in.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/sign-in.cy.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 describe('Sign-In Stories', function() {
     beforeEach(() => {
-        cy.visit('/accounts/logout/?next=/');
-
+        cy.get('#logout').click();
     });
 
     it('Sign In', function() {
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index 7cbed3a6..a10b7a1d 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 // -- This will overwrite an existing command --
 // Cypress.Commands.overwrite('visit', (originalFn, url, options) => { ... })
 Cypress.Commands.add('login', (username, password) => {
-    cy.visit('/accounts/logout/?next=/');
+    cy.get('#logout').click();
     cy.get('#guest-login').click();
     cy.get('#id_username').type(username).blur();
     cy.get('#id_password').type(password).blur();
diff --git a/quizcon/templates/base.html b/quizcon/templates/base.html
index 8c1e2f1d..2eba89a6 100644
--- a/quizcon/templates/base.html
+++ b/quizcon/templates/base.html
@@ -119,8 +119,15 @@
                             {{request.user.first_name}} {{request.user.last_name}}
                             {% else %}
                             {{ request.user.username }}
-                            {% endif %}
-                        <a href="/accounts/logout/?next=/" id="logout" class="text-decoration-underline" title="Log Out">(logout)</a>
+                        {% endif %}
+
+                        <form action="/accounts/logout/?next=/" method="post" class="d-inline">
+                            {% csrf_token %}
+                            <button type="submit" id="logout" class="btn text-decoration-underline" title="Log Out">
+                                (logout)
+                            </button>
+                        </form>
+
                         {% endif %}
                         </span>
                     </li>
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7802320..33fd0a5a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Django>=4.2.14,<5
+Django>=5.2,<6
 pytz==2025.2
 httplib2==0.31.0
 feedparser==6.0.12
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.14.3
 cssselect==1.3.0
 lxml==6.0.2
 fuzzywuzzy==0.18.0
-sure==2.0.1
+sure==3.0a2
 pyasn1==0.6.1
 cryptography==46.0.3  # pyOpenSSL
 cffi==2.0.0