diff --git a/oscarapi/middleware.py b/oscarapi/middleware.py
index 2f27439d..933a2691 100644
--- a/oscarapi/middleware.py
+++ b/oscarapi/middleware.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.http.response import HttpResponse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from oscar.core.loading import get_class