diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50d06191..2400e653 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "werkzeug<3",
+    "werkzeug",
     "Flask",
     "markupsafe",
     "Pygments>=2.12.0",
diff --git a/src/bepasty/apis/lodgeit.py b/src/bepasty/apis/lodgeit.py
index 980cb9e6..9482f48e 100644
--- a/src/bepasty/apis/lodgeit.py
+++ b/src/bepasty/apis/lodgeit.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from io import BytesIO
+import urllib
 
 from flask import request
 from flask.views import MethodView
 from pygments.lexers import get_all_lexers
 from werkzeug.exceptions import Forbidden
-from werkzeug.urls import url_quote
 
 from ..constants import FOREVER
 from ..utils.http import redirect_next
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ def post(self):
         maxlife_timestamp = FOREVER
         name = create_item(f, filename, size, content_type, content_type_hint,
                            maxlife_stamp=maxlife_timestamp)
-        return redirect_next('bepasty.display', name=name, _anchor=url_quote(filename))
+        return redirect_next('bepasty.display', name=name, _anchor=urllib.parse.quote(filename))
diff --git a/src/bepasty/views/upload.py b/src/bepasty/views/upload.py
index fe3526b9..88b778f7 100644
--- a/src/bepasty/views/upload.py
+++ b/src/bepasty/views/upload.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import errno
 from io import BytesIO
 import time
+import urllib
 
 from flask import abort, current_app, jsonify, request, url_for
 from flask.views import MethodView
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound, Forbidden
-from werkzeug.urls import url_quote
 
 from ..constants import COMPLETE, FILENAME, SIZE
 from ..utils.date_funcs import get_maxlife
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def post(self):
         maxlife_timestamp = int(time.time()) + maxtime if maxtime > 0 else maxtime
         name = create_item(f, filename, size, content_type, content_type_hint, maxlife_stamp=maxlife_timestamp)
         kw = {}
-        kw['_anchor'] = url_quote(filename)
+        kw['_anchor'] = urllib.parse.quote(filename)
         if content_type == 'text/x-bepasty-redirect':
             # after creating a redirect, we want to stay on the bepasty
             # redirect display, so the user can copy the URL.