diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
index c3d0df5ec2..1dec645a18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_build_docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.10]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 0.9.5 branch 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 4ee5cafaac..26d6b5f559 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: [3.9, 3.10]
         TESTING_DB: ['sqlite3', 'postgresql', 'mysql']
 
     steps:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c1f563aa..6b8082c52e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Evennia 1.0 (2019-) (develop branch, WIP)
 
-Up requirements to Django 3.2+, Twisted 21+
+Up requirements to Django 4.0+, Twisted 22+, Python 3.9 or 3.10
 
 - New `drop:holds()` lock default to limit dropping nonsensical things. Access check
   defaults to True for backwards-compatibility in 0.9, will be False in 1.0
diff --git a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
index 5a906ceb36..76cf5571ed 100644
--- a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ PSTATUS = chr(18)  # ping server or portal status
 SRESET = chr(19)  # shutdown server in reset mode
 
 # requirements
-PYTHON_MIN = "3.7"
+PYTHON_MIN = "3.9"
 TWISTED_MIN = "20.3.0"
-DJANGO_MIN = "3.2.0"
-DJANGO_LT = "4.0"
+DJANGO_MIN = "4.0.2"
+DJANGO_LT = "4.1"
 
 try:
     sys.path[1] = EVENNIA_ROOT
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ ERROR_NOTWISTED = """
 
 ERROR_DJANGO_MIN = """
     ERROR: Django {dversion} found. Evennia requires at least version {django_min} (but
-    no higher than {django_lt}).
+    below version {django_lt}).
 
     If you are using a virtualenv, use the command `pip install --upgrade -e evennia` where
     `evennia` is the folder to where you cloned the Evennia library. If not
diff --git a/evennia/server/signals.py b/evennia/server/signals.py
index 38e8c40d43..7f886a91a7 100644
--- a/evennia/server/signals.py
+++ b/evennia/server/signals.py
@@ -26,45 +26,55 @@ from django.dispatch import Signal
 # Account.create() after the Account is created. Note that this will *not* fire
 # if calling create.create_account alone, since going through the Account.create()
 # is the most expected route.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_CREATE = Signal(providing_args=["ip"])
+# sends with kwarg 'ip'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_CREATE = Signal()
 
 # The Sender is the renamed Account. This is triggered by the username setter in AccountDB.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_RENAME = Signal(providing_args=["old_name", "new_name"])
+# sends with kwargs 'old_name' and 'new_name'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_RENAME = Signal()
 
 # The Sender is the connecting Account. This is triggered when an Account connects cold;
 # that is, it had no other sessions connected.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_FIRST_LOGIN = Signal(providing_args=["session"])
+# sends with kwarg 'session'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_FIRST_LOGIN = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the connecting Account. This is triggered whenever a session authenticates
 # to an Account regardless of existing sessions. It then firest after FIRST_LOGIN signal
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGIN = Signal(providing_args=["session"])
+# sends with kwarg 'session'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGIN = Signal()
 
 # The Sender is the Account attempting to authenticate. This is triggered whenever a
 # session tries to login to an Account but fails.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGIN_FAIL = Signal(providing_args=["session"])
+# sends with kwarg 'session'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGIN_FAIL = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the disconnecting Account. This is triggered whenever a session disconnects
 # from the account, regardless of how many it started with or remain.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGOUT = Signal(providing_args=["session"])
+# sends with kwarg 'session'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LOGOUT = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the Account. This is triggered when an Account's final session disconnects.
-SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LAST_LOGOUT = Signal(providing_args=["session"])
+# sends with kwarg 'session'
+SIGNAL_ACCOUNT_POST_LAST_LOGOUT = Signal()
 
 # The sender is an Object. This is triggered when Object has been created, after all hooks.
 SIGNAL_OBJECT_POST_CREATE = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the Object being puppeted. This is triggered after all puppeting hooks have
 # been called. The Object has already been puppeted by this point.
-SIGNAL_OBJECT_POST_PUPPET = Signal(providing_args=["session", "account"])
+# sends with kwargs 'session', 'account'
+SIGNAL_OBJECT_POST_PUPPET = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the Object being released. This is triggered after all hooks are called.
 # The Object is no longer puppeted by this point.
-SIGNAL_OBJECT_POST_UNPUPPET = Signal(providing_args=["session", "account"])
+# sends with kwargs 'session', 'account'
+SIGNAL_OBJECT_POST_UNPUPPET = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the Typed Object being renamed. This isn't necessarily an Object;
 # it could be a script. It fires whenever the value of the Typed object's 'key'
 # changes. Will need to use isinstance() or other filtering on things that use this.
-SIGNAL_TYPED_OBJECT_POST_RENAME = Signal(providing_args=["old_key", "new_key"])
+# sends with kwargs 'old_key', 'new_key'
+SIGNAL_TYPED_OBJECT_POST_RENAME = Signal()
 
 # The sender is the created Script. This is called after the Script was first created,
 # after all hooks.
diff --git a/evennia/web/admin/accounts.py b/evennia/web/admin/accounts.py
index 35ea9029ba..03c5486ec8 100644
--- a/evennia/web/admin/accounts.py
+++ b/evennia/web/admin/accounts.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class AccountAdmin(BaseUserAdmin):
 
         return str(dbserialize.pack_dbobj(obj))
     serialized_string.help_text = (
-        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store it there."
+        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store this account there."
     )
 
     def puppeted_objects(self, obj):
diff --git a/evennia/web/admin/comms.py b/evennia/web/admin/comms.py
index ebce4bd869..7b95cab7e0 100644
--- a/evennia/web/admin/comms.py
+++ b/evennia/web/admin/comms.py
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ class MsgAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         return str(dbserialize.pack_dbobj(obj))
 
     serialized_string.help_text = (
-        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store it there."
+        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store "
+        "this message-object there."
     )
 
     def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ class ChannelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         return str(dbserialize.pack_dbobj(obj))
 
     serialized_string.help_text = (
-        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store it there."
+        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store this channel there."
     )
 
     def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/evennia/web/admin/objects.py b/evennia/web/admin/objects.py
index b6e6ce463f..b1d7cecbe4 100644
--- a/evennia/web/admin/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/web/admin/objects.py
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 #
 from django.conf import settings
 from django import forms
-from django.urls import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse, path
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.contrib import admin, messages
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import flatten_fieldsets
 from django.contrib.admin.widgets import ForeignKeyRawIdWidget
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ class ObjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         return str(dbserialize.pack_dbobj(obj))
 
     serialized_string.help_text = (
-        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store it there."
+        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store this object there."
     )
 
     def get_fieldsets(self, request, obj=None):
@@ -266,8 +265,8 @@ class ObjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     def get_urls(self):
         urls = super().get_urls()
         custom_urls = [
-            url(
-                r"^account-object-link/(?P<object_id>.+)/$",
+            path(
+                "account-object-link/<int:pk>",
                 self.admin_site.admin_view(self.link_object_to_account),
                 name="object-account-link"
             )
diff --git a/evennia/web/admin/scripts.py b/evennia/web/admin/scripts.py
index 9a775cd5b1..891eaa12f9 100644
--- a/evennia/web/admin/scripts.py
+++ b/evennia/web/admin/scripts.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ScriptAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         return str(dbserialize.pack_dbobj(obj))
 
     serialized_string.help_text = (
-        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store it there."
+        "Copy & paste this string into an Attribute's `value` field to store this script there."
     )
 
 
diff --git a/evennia/web/api/tests.py b/evennia/web/api/tests.py
index 2adc448d37..2221ec4667 100644
--- a/evennia/web/api/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/web/api/tests.py
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ Tests for the REST API.
 from evennia.utils.test_resources import BaseEvenniaTest
 from evennia.web.api import serializers
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
-from django.urls import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse, path, include
 from django.test import override_settings
 from collections import namedtuple
-from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r"^", include("evennia.web.website.urls")),
-    url(r"^api/", include("evennia.web.api.urls", namespace="api")),
+    path(r"^", include("evennia.web.website.urls")),
+    path(r"^api/", include("evennia.web.api.urls", namespace="api")),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/evennia/web/website/views/characters.py b/evennia/web/website/views/characters.py
index 4e57f9efbb..ebd2219634 100644
--- a/evennia/web/website/views/characters.py
+++ b/evennia/web/website/views/characters.py
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ class CharacterDeleteView(CharacterMixin, ObjectDeleteView):
     ObjectDeleteView) can delete a character they own.
 
     """
-
-    pass
+    # using the character form fails there
+    form_class = forms.EvenniaForm
 
 
 class CharacterCreateView(CharacterMixin, ObjectCreateView):
diff --git a/evennia/web/website/views/mixins.py b/evennia/web/website/views/mixins.py
index bfad031178..336e38b62d 100644
--- a/evennia/web/website/views/mixins.py
+++ b/evennia/web/website/views/mixins.py
@@ -87,5 +87,3 @@ class EvenniaDeleteView(DeleteView, TypeclassMixin):
     def page_title(self):
         # Makes sure the page has a sensible title.
         return "Delete %s" % self.typeclass._meta.verbose_name.title()
-
-
diff --git a/evennia/web/website/views/objects.py b/evennia/web/website/views/objects.py
index dcbd46504d..278bbd3837 100644
--- a/evennia/web/website/views/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/web/website/views/objects.py
@@ -162,27 +162,6 @@ class ObjectDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, ObjectDetailView, EvenniaDeleteView):
     # -- Evennia constructs --
     access_type = "delete"
 
-    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Calls the delete() method on the fetched object and then
-        redirects to the success URL.
-
-        We extend this so we can capture the name for the sake of confirmation.
-
-        """
-        # Get the object in question. ObjectDetailView.get_object() will also
-        # check to make sure the current user (authenticated or not) has
-        # permission to delete it!
-        obj = str(self.get_object())
-
-        # Perform the actual deletion (the parent class handles this, which will
-        # in turn call the delete() method on the object)
-        response = super().delete(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        # Notify the user of the deletion
-        messages.success(request, "Successfully deleted '%s'." % obj)
-        return response
-
 
 class ObjectUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, ObjectDetailView, EvenniaUpdateView):
     """
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 37c89c0f88..0904ef05b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 # general
 attrs >= 19.2.0
-django >= 3.2, < 3.3
+django == 4.0.2
 twisted >= 21.7.0, < 22.0.0
 pytz
-djangorestframework >= 3.10.3, < 3.12
+djangorestframework >= 3.13.1, < 3.14
 pyyaml
 django-filter == 2.4
 django-sekizai == 2.0.0
diff --git a/requirements_extra.txt b/requirements_extra.txt
index f14f24e321..4ee998eaf9 100644
--- a/requirements_extra.txt
+++ b/requirements_extra.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ ipython >= 7.19.0
 django-extensions >= 3.1.0
 
 # xyzroom contrib
-scipy==1.7.1
+scipy<1.9