diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/widgets.py b/ietf/liaisons/widgets.py
index dde4d168e..9581679b2 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/widgets.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/widgets.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ButtonWidget(Widget):
         self.required_label = kwargs.pop('required_label', None)
         super(ButtonWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
         html = '<span style="display: none" class="showAttachsOn">%s</span>' % conditional_escape(self.show_on)
         html += '<span style="display: none" class="attachEnabledLabel">%s</span>' % conditional_escape(self.label)
         if self.require:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ButtonWidget(Widget):
 
 
 class ShowAttachmentsWidget(Widget):
-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
         html = '<div id="id_%s">' % name
         html += '<span style="display: none" class="showAttachmentsEmpty form-control widget">No files attached</span>'
         html += '<div class="attachedFiles form-control widget">'
diff --git a/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch b/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f24ce932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/fix-django-password-strength-kwargs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- django_password_strength/widgets.py.orig	2020-06-24 16:07:28.479533134 +0200
++++ django_password_strength/widgets.py	2020-06-24 16:08:09.540714290 +0200
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+     Form widget to show the user how strong his/her password is.
+     """
+ 
+-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
++    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
+         strength_markup = """
+         <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
+             <div class="progress" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
+         except KeyError:
+             self.attrs['class'] = 'password_strength'
+ 
+-        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, attrs) + strength_markup )
++        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, **kwargs) + strength_markup )
+ 
+     class Media:
+         js = (
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+         super(PasswordConfirmationInput, self).__init__(attrs, render_value)
+         self.confirm_with=confirm_with
+ 
+-    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
++    def render(self, name, value, **kwargs):
+         if self.confirm_with:
+             self.attrs['data-confirm-with'] = 'id_%s' % self.confirm_with
+ 
+@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
+         except KeyError:
+             self.attrs['class'] = 'password_confirmation'
+ 
+-        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, attrs) + confirmation_markup )
++        return mark_safe( super(PasswordInput, self).render(name, value, **kwargs) + confirmation_markup )
+