diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_video_utils.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_video_utils.py
index 103c8179a7..5ba7384dba 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_video_utils.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_video_utils.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class S3Boto3TestCase(TestCase):
     @override_settings(VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS={
         'STORAGE_CLASS': 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage',
         'STORAGE_KWARGS':
-            {'bucket_name': 'test', 'default_acl': None, 'base_url': '/', 'location': 'abc/def'}}
+            {'bucket_name': 'test', 'default_acl': None, 'location': 'abc/def'}}
     )
     def test_boto3_backend_with_params(self):
         storage = get_storage_class(
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ class S3Boto3TestCase(TestCase):
         obj.upload_fileobj.assert_called_with(
             content,
             ExtraArgs={
-                'ACL': 'public-read',   # it will come from 1.9.1
                 'ContentType': 'text/plain',
             }
         )
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index e799613371..a0ae0f0054 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -2504,9 +2504,9 @@ VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS = dict(
     # STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(bucket='video-image-bucket'),
     STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(
         location=MEDIA_ROOT,
-        base_url=MEDIA_URL,
     ),
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX='video-images/',
+    BASE_URL=MEDIA_URL,
 )
 
 VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_AGE = 31536000
@@ -2519,9 +2519,9 @@ VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS = dict(
     # STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(bucket='video-transcripts-bucket'),
     STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(
         location=MEDIA_ROOT,
-        base_url=MEDIA_URL,
     ),
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX='video-transcripts/',
+    BASE_URL=MEDIA_URL,
 )
 
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_AGE = 31536000
diff --git a/cms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml b/cms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
index 08cb101f5f..61a94c4bc5 100644
--- a/cms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
+++ b/cms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
@@ -512,17 +512,17 @@ VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_AGE: 31536000
 VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS:
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX: video-images/
     STORAGE_KWARGS:
-        base_url: /media/
         location: /edx/var/edxapp/media//
     VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_BYTES: 2097152
     VIDEO_IMAGE_MIN_BYTES: 2048
+    BASE_URL: /media/
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_AGE: 31536000
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS:
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX: video-transcripts/
     STORAGE_KWARGS:
-        base_url: /media/
-        location: /edx/var/edxapp/media//
+        location: edx/var/edxapp/media//
     VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_BYTES: 3145728
+    BASE_URL: /media/
 VIDEO_UPLOAD_PIPELINE:
     BUCKET: ''
     ROOT_PATH: ''
diff --git a/cms/envs/test.py b/cms/envs/test.py
index 118b3f1b0c..ebaaf09171 100644
--- a/cms/envs/test.py
+++ b/cms/envs/test.py
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS = dict(
     VIDEO_IMAGE_MIN_BYTES=2 * 1024,       # 2 KB
     STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(
         location=MEDIA_ROOT,
-        base_url=MEDIA_URL,
     ),
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX='video-images/',
+    BASE_URL=MEDIA_URL,
 )
 VIDEO_IMAGE_DEFAULT_FILENAME = 'default_video_image.png'
 
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index 0702128ab6..aae5aeefbd 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ if settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
 
     urlpatterns += static(
-        settings.VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS['STORAGE_KWARGS']['base_url'],
+        settings.VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS['BASE_URL'],
         document_root=settings.VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS['STORAGE_KWARGS']['location']
     )
 
     urlpatterns += static(
-        settings.VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS['STORAGE_KWARGS']['base_url'],
+        settings.VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS['BASE_URL'],
         document_root=settings.VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS['STORAGE_KWARGS']['location']
     )
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 78e35d3e3f..a7c2603030 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -3802,9 +3802,10 @@ VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS = dict(
     # STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(bucket='video-image-bucket'),
     STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(
         location=MEDIA_ROOT,
-        base_url=MEDIA_URL,
     ),
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX='video-images/',
+    BASE_URL=MEDIA_URL,
+
 )
 
 VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_AGE = 31536000
@@ -3818,9 +3819,9 @@ VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS = dict(
     # STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(bucket='video-transcripts-bucket'),
     STORAGE_KWARGS=dict(
         location=MEDIA_ROOT,
-        base_url=MEDIA_URL,
     ),
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX='video-transcripts/',
+    BASE_URL=MEDIA_URL,
 )
 
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_AGE = 31536000
diff --git a/lms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml b/lms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
index e69656a803..17dadd7e1a 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
+++ b/lms/envs/devstack-experimental.yml
@@ -614,17 +614,17 @@ VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_AGE: 31536000
 VIDEO_IMAGE_SETTINGS:
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX: video-images/
     STORAGE_KWARGS:
-        base_url: /media/
-        location: /edx/var/edxapp/media//
+        location: edx/var/edxapp/media//
     VIDEO_IMAGE_MAX_BYTES: 2097152
     VIDEO_IMAGE_MIN_BYTES: 2048
+    BASE_URL: /media/
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_AGE: 31536000
 VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_SETTINGS:
     DIRECTORY_PREFIX: video-transcripts/
     STORAGE_KWARGS:
-        base_url: /media/
-        location: /edx/var/edxapp/media//
+        location: edx/var/edxapp/media//
     VIDEO_TRANSCRIPTS_MAX_BYTES: 3145728
+    BASE_URL: /media/
 VIDEO_UPLOAD_PIPELINE:
     BUCKET: ''
     ROOT_PATH: ''
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 7feb09c5d4..09c2df98f4 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ celery>=5.2.2,<6.0.0
 # required for celery>=5.2.0;<5.3.0
 click>=8.0,<9.0
 
-# django-storages version 1.9 drops support for boto storage backend.
-# 1.9 gives an error for details https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/issues/831
-django-storages==1.9.1
+# django-storages version 1.11.1 is major version upgrade.
+django-storages==1.11.1
 
 
 # The team that owns this package will manually bump this package rather than having it pulled in automatically.
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index c7e395ca7b..8a0d605c7e 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ django-statici18n==2.4.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   xblock-drag-and-drop-v2
-django-storages==1.9.1
+django-storages==1.11.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/kernel.in
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index cfec5fb61a..5e3d2b5fa9 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ django-statici18n==2.4.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   xblock-drag-and-drop-v2
-django-storages==1.9.1
+django-storages==1.11.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/doc.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index bcdf24b8c6..70b284a920 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ django-statici18n==2.4.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   xblock-drag-and-drop-v2
-django-storages==1.9.1
+django-storages==1.11.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 8e68af483e..bedea41d48 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ django-statici18n==2.4.0
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   lti-consumer-xblock
     #   xblock-drag-and-drop-v2
-django-storages==1.9.1
+django-storages==1.11.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt