diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c736418892..e9b01c6517 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Any user-facing strings *must* be passed through the translation engine.
 For strings exposed via Python code, use the following format:
 
 ```python
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 user_facing_string = _('This string will be exposed to the translation engine!')
 ```
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/integration/core_notifications.py b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/integration/core_notifications.py
index 6c0cee5f02..d21dc8c46f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/integration/core_notifications.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/builtin/integration/core_notifications.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Core set of Notifications as a Plugin."""
 
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress