diff --git a/changelog/_0001.md b/changelog/_0001.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19820eacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_0001.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### Removed
+
+- remove the no longer needed django-ckeditor package, the transition to
+django-ckeditor-5 has been done now.
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index adc4ca8f8..6c7dce3bc 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Django==4.2.16
 django-allauth==65.3.1
 django-autoslug==1.9.9
 https://github.com/liqd/django-ckeditor-5/releases/download/v0.2.11-liqd/django_ckeditor_5-0.2.11-py3-none-any.whl
-django-ckeditor==6.7.1
 django-enumfield==3.1
 django-filter==24.3
 django-widget-tweaks==1.5.0