diff --git a/.github/workflows/migrations-mysql8.yml b/.github/workflows/migrations-mysql8.yml
index 3e4c561b05e..592e1215296 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/migrations-mysql8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/migrations-mysql8.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ jobs:
         pip uninstall -y mysqlclient
         pip install --no-binary mysqlclient mysqlclient
         pip uninstall -y xmlsec
+        # pinning xmlsec to a stable release (version: 1.3.13) as the
+        # new release (version: 1.3.14) fails to compile according to
+        # https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/issues/314
         pip install --no-binary xmlsec==1.3.13 xmlsec==1.3.13
 
     - name: Initiate Services
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index fe6c64b44f7..bad6fa4a6ac 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ kombu==5.3.7
     # via celery
 libsass==0.23.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-libsass
 linecache2==1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 9ee67f1ce35..d33e042376b 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ idna==2.7
 
 # TODO : Pinning this until we are sure there aren't any breaking changes, then we'll upgrade.
 celery<6.0.0
-libsass==0.23.0
 
 # social-auth-app-django 5.3.0 currently introduces a hanging migration for large table sizes
 # Pinning for now to reduce entropy
diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
index 0350b78ecd9..78b6d72f795 100644
--- a/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/requirements/production.txt
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ kombu==5.3.7
     # via celery
 libsass==0.23.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   django-libsass
 linecache2==1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index d5fda35fa1c..b9ad749881f 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ lazy-object-proxy==1.10.0
     # via astroid
 libsass==0.23.0
     # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django-libsass
 linecache2==1.0.0