diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 92f1f96..a57a1fe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 language: python
 python:
-  - "2.7"
-  - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
+  - "3.7"
+  - "3.8"
 env:
-  - DJANGO=1.7
-  - DJANGO=1.8
-  - DJANGO=1.9
-  - DJANGO=1.10
-  - DJANGO=1.11
-  - DJANGO=2.0
+  - DJANGO=2.2
+  - DJANGO=3.0
 install:
 # command to install dependencies
   - "pip install coveralls"
@@ -22,12 +18,8 @@ script:
   - coverage run --branch --source=notifications manage.py test
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - python: "2.7"
-      env: DJANGO=2.0
     - python: "3.5"
-      env: DJANGO=1.7
-    - python: "3.6"
-      env: DJANGO=1.7
+      env: DJANGO=3.0
 
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8e81d91..5fb3949 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Nomenclature of this specification is based on the Activity Streams Spec: `<http
 Requirements
 ============
 
-- Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
-- Django 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 2.0
+- Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
+- Django 2.2, 3.0
 
 Installation
 ============
diff --git a/notifications/base/models.py b/notifications/base/models.py
index 3fae25d..c563857 100644
--- a/notifications/base/models.py
+++ b/notifications/base/models.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
-from django.utils.six import text_type
 from jsonfield.fields import JSONField
 from model_utils import Choices
 
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ class NotificationQuerySet(models.query.QuerySet):
         return qset.update(emailed=True)
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class AbstractNotification(models.Model):
     """
     Action model describing the actor acting out a verb (on an optional
@@ -290,7 +287,7 @@ def notify_handler(verb, **kwargs):
             recipient=recipient,
             actor_content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(actor),
             actor_object_id=actor.pk,
-            verb=text_type(verb),
+            verb=str(verb),
             public=public,
             description=description,
             timestamp=timestamp,
diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0001_initial.py b/notifications/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 4423ccd..03f0c75 100644
--- a/notifications/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 import django.utils.timezone
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0002_auto_20150224_1134.py b/notifications/migrations/0002_auto_20150224_1134.py
index 5e34689..51273de 100644
--- a/notifications/migrations/0002_auto_20150224_1134.py
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0002_auto_20150224_1134.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 
 
diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0003_notification_data.py b/notifications/migrations/0003_notification_data.py
index 871e0b3..a7840a2 100644
--- a/notifications/migrations/0003_notification_data.py
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0003_notification_data.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 import jsonfield.fields
 
diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0004_auto_20150826_1508.py b/notifications/migrations/0004_auto_20150826_1508.py
index a109dc1..656b420 100644
--- a/notifications/migrations/0004_auto_20150826_1508.py
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0004_auto_20150826_1508.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import models, migrations
 from django.utils import timezone
 
diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0005_auto_20160504_1520.py b/notifications/migrations/0005_auto_20160504_1520.py
index 223cb1b..dd1b8c1 100644
--- a/notifications/migrations/0005_auto_20160504_1520.py
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0005_auto_20160504_1520.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by Django 1.9.5 on 2016-05-04 15:20
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 142b7f9..9f4e29b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ setup(
     author_email='yang@yangyubo.com',
     url='http://github.com/django-notifications/django-notifications',
     install_requires=[
-        'django>=1.7',
-        'django-model-utils>=2.0.3',
-        'jsonfield>=1.0.3',
+        'django>=2.2',
+        'django-model-utils>=3.1.0',
+        'jsonfield>=2.1.0',
         'pytz',
         'swapper'
     ],
     test_requires=[
-        'django>=1.7',
-        'django-model-utils>=2.0.3',
-        'jsonfield>=1.0.3',
+        'django>=2.2',
+        'django-model-utils>=3.1.0',
+        'jsonfield>=2.1.0',
         'pytz'
     ],
     packages=[
@@ -55,18 +55,16 @@ setup(
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Framework :: Django',
-        'Framework :: Django :: 1.10',
-        'Framework :: Django :: 1.9',
-        'Framework :: Django :: 1.8',
-        'Framework :: Django :: 1.7',
+        'Framework :: Django :: 2.2',
+        'Framework :: Django :: 3.0',
         # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
         # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Topic :: Utilities'
     ],
     keywords='django notifications github action event stream',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2333c66..c1e50e1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 # -- FILE: tox.ini
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{27,33,34}-django17
-    py{27,33,34,35,36}-django{18,19,110,111}
-    py{34,35,36}-django200
+    py{35,36,37,38}-django22
+    py{36,37,38}-django30
 
 [testenv]
 commands =
     coverage run --branch --source=notifications manage.py test
 deps =
     coverage
-    django17: Django>=1.7,<1.8
-    django18: Django>=1.8,<1.9
-    django19: Django>=1.9,<1.10
-    django110: Django>=1.10,<1.11
-    django111: Django>=1.11,<2.0
-    django200: Django>=2.0,<3.0
+    django22: Django>=2.2,<2.3
+    django30: Django>=3.0,<3.1
+    django30: six