diff --git a/modeltranslation/widgets.py b/modeltranslation/widgets.py
index 0ba6ee9..d6e3e8a 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/widgets.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/widgets.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.forms.widgets import Media, Widget, CheckboxInput
 from django.utils.html import conditional_escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class ClearableWidgetWrapper(Widget):