diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46ac5c69..b6bcf473 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Add `pinax.notifications.urls` to your project urlpatterns:
 ```python
 urlpatterns = [
     # other urls
-    url(r"^notifications/", include("pinax.notifications.urls", namespace="pinax_notifications")),
+    re_path(r"^notifications/", include("pinax.notifications.urls", namespace="pinax_notifications")),
 ]
 ```
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ One way to create notice types is using a custom `AppConfig`. Here is an example
 # myapp/signals/handlers.py
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_noop as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_noop as _
 
 def create_notice_types(sender, **kwargs): 
     if "pinax.notifications" in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Notice that the code is wrapped in a conditional clause so if
 `pinax-notifications` is not installed, your app will proceed anyway.
 
 Note that the display and description arguments are marked for translation by
-using ugettext_noop. That will enable you to use Django's makemessages
+using gettext_noop. That will enable you to use Django's makemessages
 management command and use `pinax-notifications` i18n capabilities.
 
 ```python
@@ -472,14 +472,14 @@ Then override the url:
 ```python
 # urls.py
 
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.urls import re_path
 
 from .views import TeamNoticeSettingsView
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # other urls
-    url(r"^notifications/settings/$", TeamNoticeSettingsView.as_view(), name="notification_notice_settings"),
+    re_path(r"^notifications/settings/$", TeamNoticeSettingsView.as_view(), name="notification_notice_settings"),
 ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/pinax/notifications/apps.py b/pinax/notifications/apps.py
index ea8b6ae0..cf8bebab 100644
--- a/pinax/notifications/apps.py
+++ b/pinax/notifications/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig as BaseAppConfig
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class AppConfig(BaseAppConfig):
diff --git a/pinax/notifications/backends/email.py b/pinax/notifications/backends/email.py
index c5801b73..f46fe35a 100644
--- a/pinax/notifications/backends/email.py
+++ b/pinax/notifications/backends/email.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext
+from django.utils.translation import gettext
 
 from .base import BaseBackend
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def deliver(self, recipient, sender, notice_type, extra_context):
         context.update({
             "recipient": recipient,
             "sender": sender,
-            "notice": ugettext(notice_type.display),
+            "notice": gettext(notice_type.display),
         })
         context.update(extra_context)
 
diff --git a/pinax/notifications/models.py b/pinax/notifications/models.py
index 0bed5943..22173636 100644
--- a/pinax/notifications/models.py
+++ b/pinax/notifications/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.utils.translation import activate, get_language
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from .conf import settings
 from .hooks import hookset
diff --git a/pinax/notifications/tests/urls.py b/pinax/notifications/tests/urls.py
index 44c67c85..332bea06 100644
--- a/pinax/notifications/tests/urls.py
+++ b/pinax/notifications/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.urls import include, re_path
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r"^notifications/", include("pinax.notifications.urls", namespace="pinax_notifications")),
+    re_path(r"^notifications/", include("pinax.notifications.urls", namespace="pinax_notifications")),
 ]
diff --git a/pinax/notifications/urls.py b/pinax/notifications/urls.py
index 4520eb46..57c3a316 100644
--- a/pinax/notifications/urls.py
+++ b/pinax/notifications/urls.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.urls import re_path
 
 from .views import NoticeSettingsView
 
 app_name = "pinax_notifications"
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r"^settings/$", NoticeSettingsView.as_view(), name="notice_settings"),
+    re_path(r"^settings/$", NoticeSettingsView.as_view(), name="notice_settings"),
 ]