diff --git a/shop/forms/base.py b/shop/forms/base.py
index fb3294e4e..87948d296 100644
--- a/shop/forms/base.py
+++ b/shop/forms/base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms import widgets
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ def as_text(self):
                             line.append(dict(bound_field.field.choices)[cast_to(v)])
                         except (AttributeError, KeyError):
                             pass
-                    output.append(force_text(', '.join(line)))
+                    output.append(force_str(', '.join(line)))
                 elif value:
                     try:
                         value = dict(bound_field.field.choices)[value]
                     except (AttributeError, KeyError):
                         pass
-                    output.append(force_text(value))
+                    output.append(force_str(value))
             return mark_safe('\n'.join(output))
 
     def get_response_data(self):
diff --git a/shop/models/fields.py b/shop/models/fields.py
index fc441aae5..328564889 100644
--- a/shop/models/fields.py
+++ b/shop/models/fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import enum
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Color(ChoiceEnum):
     )
     """
     def __str__(self):
-        return force_text(self.label)
+        return force_str(self.label)
 
 
 class ChoiceEnumField(models.PositiveSmallIntegerField):
diff --git a/shop/models/product.py b/shop/models/product.py
index 7b16899b4..e35b5246b 100644
--- a/shop/models/product.py
+++ b/shop/models/product.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from django.db.models.aggregates import Sum
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 try:
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def product_type(self):
         """
         Returns the polymorphic type of the product.
         """
-        return force_text(self.polymorphic_ctype)
+        return force_str(self.polymorphic_ctype)
     product_type.short_description = _("Product type")
 
     @property
diff --git a/shop/templatetags/shop_tags.py b/shop/templatetags/shop_tags.py
index 6d5bf1333..f86ffb95b 100644
--- a/shop/templatetags/shop_tags.py
+++ b/shop/templatetags/shop_tags.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from django.template import Node, TemplateSyntaxError
 from django.template.loader import select_template
 from django.utils import formats
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.dateformat import format, time_format
 from django.utils.timezone import datetime
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def render(self, context):
         except CartModel.DoesNotExist:
             cart_data = {'total_quantity': 0, 'num_items': 0}
         context.update({
-            'cart_as_json': mark_safe(force_text(cart_data)),
+            'cart_as_json': mark_safe(force_str(cart_data)),
             'has_dropdown': self.with_items != CartItems.without,
         })
         return self.get_template().render(context)
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ def rest_json(value, arg=None):
     else:
         msg = "Given value must be of type dict, OrderedDict, list or tuple but it is {}."
         raise ValueError(msg.format(value.__class__.__name__))
-    return mark_safe(force_text(data))
+    return mark_safe(force_str(data))
diff --git a/tests/testshop/modifiers.py b/tests/testshop/modifiers.py
index 2ab6e8bdc..38304581b 100644
--- a/tests/testshop/modifiers.py
+++ b/tests/testshop/modifiers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from shop.payment.modifiers import PayInAdvanceModifier
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class ComplexPayInAdvanceModifier(PayInAdvanceModifier):
     identifier = "complex-pay-in-advance-modifier"
     def get_choice(self):
         return (self.identifier, _("Pay in advance with complex payment system X"))
-