diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0058a510..feb54f46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "django-agnocomplete==2.2.0",
   "django-environ==0.11.2",
   "django-probes==1.7.0",
+  "django-sesame==3.2.2",
   "Pillow==10.3.0",
   "psycopg==3.1.19",
   "requests==2.32.3",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "rjsmin==1.2.2",
   "social-auth-core==4.5.4",
   "social-auth-app-django==5.4.1",
+  "websockets==12.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/umap/settings/base.py b/umap/settings/base.py
index f9fb2c4e..536e5ed6 100644
--- a/umap/settings/base.py
+++ b/umap/settings/base.py
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ if SOCIAL_AUTH_OPENSTREETMAP_OAUTH2_KEY and SOCIAL_AUTH_OPENSTREETMAP_OAUTH2_SEC
 
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS += ("django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",)
 
+# Websockets configuration
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS += ("sesame.backends.ModelBackend",)
+
+SESAME_MAX_AGE = 30
+
 LOGGING = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,