diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4f5c62d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index b6082213..a5531388 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.1.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 9d22fb30..fe15f190 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.1.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py b/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
index ace403ea..0337ea8a 100644
--- a/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/django/requests.py
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ def create(cls, request):
         else:
             route = cls.path_regex.sub(
                 r'{\1}', request.resolver_match.route)
+            # Delete start marker and expression marker to allow concatenation.
+            if route[:1] == "^":
+                route = route[1:]
+            if route[-1:] == "$":
+                route = route[:-1]
             path_pattern = '/' + route
 
         path = request.resolver_match and request.resolver_match.kwargs or {}
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py
index 1c16bcf6..61305bc8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/settings.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'djangotest.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'djangoproject.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py
index e28a80af..af466eef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/testapp/views.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 
 class TestView(APIView):
 
-    def get(self, request, pk):
+    def get(self, request, pk=None):
         with open(settings.OPENAPI_SPEC_PATH) as file:
             spec_yaml = file.read()
-        spec_dict = yaml.load(spec_yaml)
+        spec_dict = yaml.safe_load(spec_yaml)
         spec = create_spec(spec_dict)
 
         openapi_request = DjangoOpenAPIRequest(request)
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py
index 09dfd99f..902330d4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/djangoproject/urls.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import include, path
-from djangotest.testapp import views
+from django.urls import include, path, re_path
+from djangoproject.testapp import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@
         views.TestView.as_view(),
         name='test',
     ),
+    re_path(r"^api/test-regexp/$", views.TestView.as_view()),
 ]
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml
index 58c8ec57..3432f2f1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/data/openapi.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,13 @@ paths:
           schema:
             type: integer
             minimum: 1
+
+  /api/test-simple/:
+    get:
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Success.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_core_apiview.py b/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_core_apiview.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5403caf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/django/test_django_core_apiview.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import pytest
+
+from six import b
+
+
+class TestDjangoRESTFrameworkAPIView(object):
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def http_client(self):
+        from django.test import Client
+        return Client()
+
+    def test_get(self, http_client):
+        response = http_client.get('/api/test-simple/')
+
+        assert response.content == b('{"test": "test_val"}')