diff --git a/cubedash/_stac_legacy.py b/cubedash/_stac_legacy.py
index 7250cc794..7cb997185 100644
--- a/cubedash/_stac_legacy.py
+++ b/cubedash/_stac_legacy.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def legacy_redirect(location):
     Used for backwards compatibility with older URLs that may be bookmarked or stored.
     """
     if isinstance(location, str):
-        location = iri_to_uri(location, safe_conversion=True)
+        location = iri_to_uri(location)
     response = Response(
         json.dumps(
             {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 564ca215c..99f9b92d8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "datacube>=1.8.10",
         "eodatasets3>=0.25.0",
         "fiona",
-        "flask==2.2.5",
+        "flask",
         "Flask-Caching",
         "flask-cors",
         "flask-themer>=1.4.3",
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
         "sqlalchemy>=1.4",
         "structlog>=20.2.0",
         "pytz",
-        "werkzeug<3",
     ],
     tests_require=tests_require,
     extras_require=extras_require,