diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
index b539747561196..a2ef1dae11cf9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/hashers.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class PBKDF2PasswordHasher(BasePasswordHasher):
     """
 
     algorithm = "pbkdf2_sha256"
-    iterations = 870000
+    iterations = 1_000_000
     digest = hashlib.sha256
 
     def encode(self, password, salt, iterations=None):
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.2.txt b/docs/releases/5.2.txt
index 5c285e8f399ff..9d28415df1910 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.2.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Minor features
 :mod:`django.contrib.auth`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased from
+  870,000 to 1,000,000.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
index bec298cc3a00e..09d7056411fd3 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_hashers.py
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ def test_pbkdf2(self):
         encoded = make_password("lètmein", "seasalt", "pbkdf2_sha256")
         self.assertEqual(
             encoded,
-            "pbkdf2_sha256$870000$seasalt$wJSpLMQRQz0Dhj/pFpbyjMj71B2gUYp6HJS5AU+32Ac=",
+            "pbkdf2_sha256$1000000$"
+            "seasalt$r1uLUxoxpP2Ued/qxvmje7UH9PUJBkRrvf9gGPL7Cps=",
         )
         self.assertTrue(is_password_usable(encoded))
         self.assertTrue(check_password("lètmein", encoded))
@@ -276,8 +277,8 @@ def test_low_level_pbkdf2(self):
         encoded = hasher.encode("lètmein", "seasalt2")
         self.assertEqual(
             encoded,
-            "pbkdf2_sha256$870000$"
-            "seasalt2$nxgnNHRsZWSmi4hRSKq2MRigfaRmjDhH1NH4g2sQRbU=",
+            "pbkdf2_sha256$1000000$"
+            "seasalt2$egbhFghgsJVDo5Tpg/k9ZnfbySKQ1UQnBYXhR97a7sk=",
         )
         self.assertTrue(hasher.verify("lètmein", encoded))
 
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ def test_low_level_pbkdf2_sha1(self):
         hasher = PBKDF2SHA1PasswordHasher()
         encoded = hasher.encode("lètmein", "seasalt2")
         self.assertEqual(
-            encoded, "pbkdf2_sha1$870000$seasalt2$iFPKnrkYfxxyxaeIqxq+c3nJ/j4="
+            encoded, "pbkdf2_sha1$1000000$seasalt2$3R9hvSAiAy5ARspAFy5GJ/2rjXo="
         )
         self.assertTrue(hasher.verify("lètmein", encoded))