diff --git a/rest_framework_recaptcha/validators.py b/rest_framework_recaptcha/validators.py
index e50c19e..650853d 100644
--- a/rest_framework_recaptcha/validators.py
+++ b/rest_framework_recaptcha/validators.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from rest_framework_recaptcha.compat import urlencode, urlopen
 from rest_framework_recaptcha.conf import settings