diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
index 13172b9e..687a0626 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yml
@@ -12,17 +12,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env: 
       working-directory: ./django-scaffold
-
+    environment: production
     steps:
-      - name: Repo Clone 
+      - name: Repo Clone
+        id: repo-clone 
         run: |
           git clone https://${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}@github.com/crowdbotics/django-scaffold.git
 
       - name: Clone Reusable Actions Repo
+        id: reusable-actions-clone
         run: |
           git clone -b master https://${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}@github.com/crowdbotics/github-actions.git
       
       - name: Checkout branch
+        id: checkout
         working-directory: ${{ env.working-directory }}
         run: |
           if [ ${{ github.event.client_payload.release_branch }} == "master" ]; then
@@ -36,8 +39,25 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Run Release Workflow
         uses: ./github-actions/create-github-release
+        id: release
         with:
           working-directory: ${{ env.working-directory }}
           GIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}
           JIRA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JIRA_TOKEN }}
           release_branch: ${{ github.event.client_payload.release_branch }}
+
+      - name: Update DJANGO_SCAFFOLD_REPO_BRANCH Environment Variable
+        id: update-env-var
+        uses: ./github-actions/publish-release-sha
+        with:
+          heroku_api_key: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_API_TOKEN }}
+          heroku_app_name: 'crowdbotics-slack'
+          git_sha: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_version }}
+          env_var_name: 'DJANGO_SCAFFOLD_REPO_BRANCH'
+      
+      - uses: act10ns/slack@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        with:
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          steps: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile
index 5cfa834d..a0f0732a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ name = "pypi"
 python_version = "3.8"
 
 [packages]
-cryptography = "~=41.0.4"
-django = "==3.2.23"
+cryptography = "~=42.0.4"
+django = "==3.2.24"
 "boto3" = "~=1.28.78"
 django-environ = "~=0.11.2"
 django-storages = "~=1.14"
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ google-cloud-storage = "==2.9.0"
 pipenv = "*"
 django-import-export = "*"
 drf-spectacular = "~=0.26.4"
-dj-rest-auth = "==5.0.1"
+dj-rest-auth = "==5.0.2"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile.lock b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile.lock
index b4331710..3f5e8320 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "cbe0555474638ff6b6be56101e71835b45bae8207578dd5aa9f30e3efd9edfdf"
+            "sha256": "04eeb2f36239fe0c72e4c78455982ddbfab97bfd92d90418e5f8c1feefa1c40e"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 "sha256:fa3a0128b152627161ce47201262d3140edb5a5c3da88d73a1b790a959126956",
                 "sha256:fcc8eb6d5902bb1cf6dc4f187ee3ea80a1eba0a89aba40a5cb20a5087d961357"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "markers": "platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
             "version": "==1.16.0"
         },
         "charset-normalizer": {
@@ -229,33 +229,42 @@
         },
         "cryptography": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:004b6ccc95943f6a9ad3142cfabcc769d7ee38a3f60fb0dddbfb431f818c3a67",
-                "sha256:047c4603aeb4bbd8db2756e38f5b8bd7e94318c047cfe4efeb5d715e08b49311",
-                "sha256:0d9409894f495d465fe6fda92cb70e8323e9648af912d5b9141d616df40a87b8",
-                "sha256:23a25c09dfd0d9f28da2352503b23e086f8e78096b9fd585d1d14eca01613e13",
-                "sha256:2ed09183922d66c4ec5fdaa59b4d14e105c084dd0febd27452de8f6f74704143",
-                "sha256:35c00f637cd0b9d5b6c6bd11b6c3359194a8eba9c46d4e875a3660e3b400005f",
-                "sha256:37480760ae08065437e6573d14be973112c9e6dcaf5f11d00147ee74f37a3829",
-                "sha256:3b224890962a2d7b57cf5eeb16ccaafba6083f7b811829f00476309bce2fe0fd",
-                "sha256:5a0f09cefded00e648a127048119f77bc2b2ec61e736660b5789e638f43cc397",
-                "sha256:5b72205a360f3b6176485a333256b9bcd48700fc755fef51c8e7e67c4b63e3ac",
-                "sha256:7e53db173370dea832190870e975a1e09c86a879b613948f09eb49324218c14d",
-                "sha256:7febc3094125fc126a7f6fb1f420d0da639f3f32cb15c8ff0dc3997c4549f51a",
-                "sha256:80907d3faa55dc5434a16579952ac6da800935cd98d14dbd62f6f042c7f5e839",
-                "sha256:86defa8d248c3fa029da68ce61fe735432b047e32179883bdb1e79ed9bb8195e",
-                "sha256:8ac4f9ead4bbd0bc8ab2d318f97d85147167a488be0e08814a37eb2f439d5cf6",
-                "sha256:93530900d14c37a46ce3d6c9e6fd35dbe5f5601bf6b3a5c325c7bffc030344d9",
-                "sha256:9eeb77214afae972a00dee47382d2591abe77bdae166bda672fb1e24702a3860",
-                "sha256:b5f4dfe950ff0479f1f00eda09c18798d4f49b98f4e2006d644b3301682ebdca",
-                "sha256:c3391bd8e6de35f6f1140e50aaeb3e2b3d6a9012536ca23ab0d9c35ec18c8a91",
-                "sha256:c880eba5175f4307129784eca96f4e70b88e57aa3f680aeba3bab0e980b0f37d",
-                "sha256:cecfefa17042941f94ab54f769c8ce0fe14beff2694e9ac684176a2535bf9714",
-                "sha256:e40211b4923ba5a6dc9769eab704bdb3fbb58d56c5b336d30996c24fcf12aadb",
-                "sha256:efc8ad4e6fc4f1752ebfb58aefece8b4e3c4cae940b0994d43649bdfce8d0d4f"
+                "sha256:01911714117642a3f1792c7f376db572aadadbafcd8d75bb527166009c9f1d1b",
+                "sha256:0e89f7b84f421c56e7ff69f11c441ebda73b8a8e6488d322ef71746224c20fce",
+                "sha256:12d341bd42cdb7d4937b0cabbdf2a94f949413ac4504904d0cdbdce4a22cbf88",
+                "sha256:15a1fb843c48b4a604663fa30af60818cd28f895572386e5f9b8a665874c26e7",
+                "sha256:1cdcdbd117681c88d717437ada72bdd5be9de117f96e3f4d50dab3f59fd9ab20",
+                "sha256:1df6fcbf60560d2113b5ed90f072dc0b108d64750d4cbd46a21ec882c7aefce9",
+                "sha256:3c6048f217533d89f2f8f4f0fe3044bf0b2090453b7b73d0b77db47b80af8dff",
+                "sha256:3e970a2119507d0b104f0a8e281521ad28fc26f2820687b3436b8c9a5fcf20d1",
+                "sha256:44a64043f743485925d3bcac548d05df0f9bb445c5fcca6681889c7c3ab12764",
+                "sha256:4e36685cb634af55e0677d435d425043967ac2f3790ec652b2b88ad03b85c27b",
+                "sha256:5f8907fcf57392cd917892ae83708761c6ff3c37a8e835d7246ff0ad251d9298",
+                "sha256:69b22ab6506a3fe483d67d1ed878e1602bdd5912a134e6202c1ec672233241c1",
+                "sha256:6bfadd884e7280df24d26f2186e4e07556a05d37393b0f220a840b083dc6a824",
+                "sha256:6d0fbe73728c44ca3a241eff9aefe6496ab2656d6e7a4ea2459865f2e8613257",
+                "sha256:6ffb03d419edcab93b4b19c22ee80c007fb2d708429cecebf1dd3258956a563a",
+                "sha256:810bcf151caefc03e51a3d61e53335cd5c7316c0a105cc695f0959f2c638b129",
+                "sha256:831a4b37accef30cccd34fcb916a5d7b5be3cbbe27268a02832c3e450aea39cb",
+                "sha256:887623fe0d70f48ab3f5e4dbf234986b1329a64c066d719432d0698522749929",
+                "sha256:a0298bdc6e98ca21382afe914c642620370ce0470a01e1bef6dd9b5354c36854",
+                "sha256:a1327f280c824ff7885bdeef8578f74690e9079267c1c8bd7dc5cc5aa065ae52",
+                "sha256:c1f25b252d2c87088abc8bbc4f1ecbf7c919e05508a7e8628e6875c40bc70923",
+                "sha256:c3a5cbc620e1e17009f30dd34cb0d85c987afd21c41a74352d1719be33380885",
+                "sha256:ce8613beaffc7c14f091497346ef117c1798c202b01153a8cc7b8e2ebaaf41c0",
+                "sha256:d2a27aca5597c8a71abbe10209184e1a8e91c1fd470b5070a2ea60cafec35bcd",
+                "sha256:dad9c385ba8ee025bb0d856714f71d7840020fe176ae0229de618f14dae7a6e2",
+                "sha256:db4b65b02f59035037fde0998974d84244a64c3265bdef32a827ab9b63d61b18",
+                "sha256:e09469a2cec88fb7b078e16d4adec594414397e8879a4341c6ace96013463d5b",
+                "sha256:e53dc41cda40b248ebc40b83b31516487f7db95ab8ceac1f042626bc43a2f992",
+                "sha256:f1e85a178384bf19e36779d91ff35c7617c885da487d689b05c1366f9933ad74",
+                "sha256:f47be41843200f7faec0683ad751e5ef11b9a56a220d57f300376cd8aba81660",
+                "sha256:fb0cef872d8193e487fc6bdb08559c3aa41b659a7d9be48b2e10747f47863925",
+                "sha256:ffc73996c4fca3d2b6c1c8c12bfd3ad00def8621da24f547626bf06441400449"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==41.0.4"
+            "version": "==42.0.4"
         },
         "defusedxml": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -282,20 +291,20 @@
         },
         "dj-rest-auth": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2f574edd7bcc9a421e6e1d9d47f7b1eb56b71eb797927be135c995ea546dd9b5"
+                "sha256:aad7d912476169e9991547bf98645344d3939be2d7052098048d819524c115d9"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==5.0.1"
+            "version": "==5.0.2"
         },
         "django": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:82968f3640e29ef4a773af2c28448f5f7a08d001c6ac05b32d02aeee6509508b",
-                "sha256:d48608d5f62f2c1e260986835db089fa3b79d6f58510881d316b8d88345ae6e1"
+                "sha256:5dd5b787c3ba39637610fe700f54bf158e33560ea0dba600c19921e7ff926ec5",
+                "sha256:aaee9fb0fb4ebd4311520887ad2e33313d368846607f82a9a0ed461cd4c35b18"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==3.2.23"
+            "version": "==3.2.24"
         },
         "django-allauth": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -924,10 +933,10 @@
         },
         "pytz": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7b4fddbeb94a1eba4b557da24f19fdf9db575192544270a9101d8509f9f43d7b",
-                "sha256:ce42d816b81b68506614c11e8937d3aa9e41007ceb50bfdcb0749b921bf646c7"
+                "sha256:2a29735ea9c18baf14b448846bde5a48030ed267578472d8955cd0e7443a9812",
+                "sha256:328171f4e3623139da4983451950b28e95ac706e13f3f2630a879749e7a8b319"
             ],
-            "version": "==2023.3.post1"
+            "version": "==2024.1"
         },
         "pyyaml": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1188,11 +1197,11 @@
         },
         "typing-extensions": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:8f92fc8806f9a6b641eaa5318da32b44d401efaac0f6678c9bc448ba3605faa0",
-                "sha256:df8e4339e9cb77357558cbdbceca33c303714cf861d1eef15e1070055ae8b7ef"
+                "sha256:69b1a937c3a517342112fb4c6df7e72fc39a38e7891a5730ed4985b5214b5475",
+                "sha256:b0abd7c89e8fb96f98db18d86106ff1d90ab692004eb746cf6eda2682f91b3cb"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version < '3.11'",
-            "version": "==4.8.0"
+            "version": "==4.10.0"
         },
         "uritemplate": {
             "hashes": [