diff --git a/dbtemplates/admin.py b/dbtemplates/admin.py
index 4ce3e34..2e4486c 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/admin.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/admin.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import posixpath
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.utils.translation import ungettext, ugettext_lazy as _
+try:
+    from django.utils.translation import ungettext, ugettext_lazy as _
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.translation import ngettext, gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from dbtemplates.conf import settings
diff --git a/dbtemplates/models.py b/dbtemplates/models.py
index 10cb83c..f201ce4 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/models.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/models.py
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import signals
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+try:
+    from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+    
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 
 
diff --git a/dbtemplates/utils/cache.py b/dbtemplates/utils/cache.py
index 53f0078..ddf37a6 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/utils/cache.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/utils/cache.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def get_cache_backend():
     """
     Compatibilty wrapper for getting Django's cache backend instance
     """
-    if django.VERSION[0] >= 3 and django.VERSION[1] >= 2:
+    if (django.VERSION[0] >= 3 and django.VERSION[1] >= 2) or django.VERSION[0] >= 4:
         from django.core.cache import caches
         cache = caches.create_connection(settings.DBTEMPLATES_CACHE_BACKEND)
     else: