diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4b45ff9a5..d4ebaaddd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ django-storages CHANGELOG
 Dropbox
 -------
 
+- Strip off the root path when saving files to fix saving with upgraded versions of Django (`#1168`_)
 - Update ``DropBoxStorage`` constructor parameter order to be backwards compatible (`#1167`_)
 
 .. _#1167: https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/pull/1167
+.. _#1168: https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/pull/1168
 
 1.13 (2022-08-05)
 *****************
diff --git a/storages/backends/dropbox.py b/storages/backends/dropbox.py
index eb372fcdc..dff282598 100644
--- a/storages/backends/dropbox.py
+++ b/storages/backends/dropbox.py
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ def _save(self, name, content):
         else:
             self._chunked_upload(content, self._full_path(name))
         content.close()
-        return name
+        # .save() validates the filename isn't absolute but Dropbox requires an absolute filename.
+        # Work with the absolute name internally but strip it off before passing up-the-chain
+        return name.lstrip(self.root_path)
 
     def _chunked_upload(self, content, dest_path):
         upload_session = self.client.files_upload_session_start(
diff --git a/tests/test_dropbox.py b/tests/test_dropbox.py
index 185733cf1..015bfe06b 100644
--- a/tests/test_dropbox.py
+++ b/tests/test_dropbox.py
@@ -130,11 +130,12 @@ def test_open(self, *args):
         obj = self.storage._open('foo')
         self.assertIsInstance(obj, File)
 
-    @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_upload',
-                return_value='foo')
+    @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_upload', return_value='foo')
+    @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_get_metadata', return_value=None)
     def test_save(self, files_upload, *args):
-        self.storage._save('foo', File(io.BytesIO(b'bar'), 'foo'))
+        name = self.storage.save('foo', File(io.BytesIO(b'bar'), 'foo'))
         self.assertTrue(files_upload.called)
+        self.assertEqual(name, 'foo')
 
     @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_upload')
     @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_upload_session_finish')
@@ -192,6 +193,13 @@ def test_jailed(self, *args):
         self.assertFalse(dirs)
         self.assertFalse(files)
 
+    @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_upload', return_value='foo')
+    @mock.patch('dropbox.Dropbox.files_get_metadata', return_value=None)
+    def test_saves(self, *args):
+        self.storage = dropbox.DropBoxStorage('foo', root_path='/bar')
+        name = self.storage.save('xyz', File(io.BytesIO(b'abc'), 'def'))
+        self.assertEqual(name, 'xyz')
+
     def test_suspicious(self, *args):
         self.storage = dropbox.DropBoxStorage('foo', root_path='/bar')
         with self.assertRaises((SuspiciousFileOperation, ValueError)):