diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 23ea46dda7..d54929c41b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pytz==2023.3  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
 python-slugify==8.0.1  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
 Pillow==9.5.0  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
 {%- if cookiecutter.frontend_pipeline == 'Django Compressor' %}