diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/sync.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/sync.py
index 78eeb541db..5b3664002a 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/sync.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/utils/sync.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import logging
 
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django_bulk_update.helper import bulk_update
 from le_utils.constants import content_kinds
 from le_utils.constants import format_presets
 
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ def sync_node_assessment_items(node, original):  # noqa C901
         node.changed = True
 
     if ai_to_update:
-        bulk_update(ai_to_update, update_fields=assessment_item_fields)
+        AssessmentItem.objects.bulk_update(ai_to_update, list(assessment_item_fields))
         node.changed = True
 
     if files_to_delete:
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/assessmentitem.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/assessmentitem.py
index c78cbace72..06996edd90 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/assessmentitem.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/assessmentitem.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import re
 
 from django.db import transaction
-from django_bulk_update.helper import bulk_update
 from le_utils.constants import exercises
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ def set_files(self, all_objects, all_validated_data=None):  # noqa C901
                 raise ValidationError(
                     "Attempted to set files to an assessment item that do not have a file on the server"
                 )
-            bulk_update(source_files)
+            File.objects.bulk_update(source_files, ['assessment_item'])
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         with transaction.atomic():
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/base.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/base.py
index bbc83c4d92..bd958b659d 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/base.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/base.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
-from django_bulk_update.helper import bulk_update
 from django_celery_results.models import TaskResult
 from django_filters.constants import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
@@ -323,7 +322,8 @@ def update(self, queryset, all_validated_data):
             self.missing_keys = set(all_validated_data_by_id.keys())\
                 .difference(updated_keys)
 
-        bulk_update(updated_objects, update_fields=properties_to_update)
+        if len(properties_to_update) > 0:
+            self.child.Meta.model.objects.bulk_update(updated_objects, list(properties_to_update))
 
         return updated_objects
 
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index fbb8fadcca..0c676dfc7d 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ django-redis
 django-prometheus
 future
 sentry-sdk
-django-bulk-update
 html5lib==1.1
 pillow==9.4.0
 python-dateutil>=2.8.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 65081fa4a3..36ecc93916 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ django==3.2.23
     #   django-s3-storage
     #   djangorestframework
     #   jsonfield
-django-bulk-update==2.2.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
 django-celery-results==2.4.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 django-cte==1.2.1