diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3bffe17..1daa80a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,26 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
-        django-version: ['3.2', '4.1', '4.2']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        django-version: ['3.2', '4.1', '4.2', '5.0', '5.1.*']
         exclude:
           - python-version: 3.11
             django-version: 3.2
+
+          - python-version: 3.12
+            django-version: 3.2
+
+          - python-version: 3.8
+            django-version: 5.0
+
+          - python-version: 3.9
+            django-version: 5.0
+
+          - python-version: 3.8
+            django-version: 5.1.*
+
+          - python-version: 3.9
+            django-version: 5.1.*
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -23,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
-          pip install "Django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0" .
+          pip install "Django==${{ matrix.django-version }}" .
       - name: Run Tests
         run: |
           echo "$(python --version) / Django $(django-admin --version)"
diff --git a/avatar/conf.py b/avatar/conf.py
index 8859082..6665438 100644
--- a/avatar/conf.py
+++ b/avatar/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class AvatarConf(AppConf):
     ALLOWED_FILE_EXTS = None
     ALLOWED_MIMETYPES = None
     CACHE_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60
-    STORAGE = settings.DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE
+    if hasattr(settings, "DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE"):
+        STORAGE = settings.DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE  # deprecated settings
     STORAGE_ALIAS = "default"
     CLEANUP_DELETED = True
     AUTO_GENERATE_SIZES = (DEFAULT_SIZE,)
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index bf7a740..a430d9d 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ appear on the site. Listed below are those settings:
     Suggested safe setting: ``("image/png", "image/gif", "image/jpeg")``.
     When enabled you'll get the following error on the form upload *File content is invalid. Detected: image/tiff Allowed content types are: image/png, image/gif, image/jpg*.
 
+.. py:data:: AVATAR_STORAGE_ALIAS
+
+   Default: 'default'
+   Alias of the storage backend (from STORAGES settings) to use for storing avatars.
+
 
 Management Commands
 -------------------