diff --git a/avatar/admin.py b/avatar/admin.py
index a47f74b..0025f24 100644
--- a/avatar/admin.py
+++ b/avatar/admin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ try:
     from django.utils import six
 except ImportError:
     import six
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 
 from avatar.models import Avatar
diff --git a/avatar/forms.py b/avatar/forms.py
index 9fa9f0b..7c0b204 100644
--- a/avatar/forms.py
+++ b/avatar/forms.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ try:
     from django.utils import six
 except ImportError:
     import six
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.template.defaultfilters import filesizeformat
 
 from avatar.conf import settings
diff --git a/avatar/models.py b/avatar/models.py
index 1e2ab04..07048bb 100644
--- a/avatar/models.py
+++ b/avatar/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.core.files import File
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.db.models import signals
 
diff --git a/avatar/templatetags/avatar_tags.py b/avatar/templatetags/avatar_tags.py
index b8beb75..5ca0d35 100644
--- a/avatar/templatetags/avatar_tags.py
+++ b/avatar/templatetags/avatar_tags.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ try:
     from django.utils import six
 except ImportError:
     import six
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 from avatar.conf import settings
diff --git a/avatar/views.py b/avatar/views.py
index 8221b2f..b8bf605 100644
--- a/avatar/views.py
+++ b/avatar/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 # Issue 182: six no longer included with Django 3.0
 try:
     from django.utils import six