diff --git a/lms/templates/_gated_content.html b/lms/templates/_gated_content.html
index 2039baec5a..0ba5375b26 100644
--- a/lms/templates/_gated_content.html
+++ b/lms/templates/_gated_content.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page args="prereq_url, prereq_section_name, gated_section_name" expression_filter="h"/>
 
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import Text
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/course_about.html b/lms/templates/courseware/course_about.html
index 9a80e4feb4..fbabfe0d36 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/course_about.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/course_about.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import pgettext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from lms.djangoapps.courseware.courses import get_course_about_section
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware-error.html b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware-error.html
index 403e4a35eb..0969b9875b 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/courseware-error.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/courseware-error.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 %>
 <%inherit file="/main.html" />
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 <%block name="bodyclass">courseware</%block>
 <%block name="pagetitle">${_("Courseware")}</%block>
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/news.html b/lms/templates/courseware/news.html
index f50a4ce709..e4d1d453bf 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/news.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/news.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%inherit file="main.html" />
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _ %>
 <%block name="bodyclass">courseware news</%block>
 <%block name="pagetitle">${_("News - MITx 6.002x")}</%block>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/static_tab.html b/lms/templates/courseware/static_tab.html
index f19787db6a..38b08f85ee 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/static_tab.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/static_tab.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/syllabus.html b/lms/templates/courseware/syllabus.html
index f2cff56fb0..1f29c282d0 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/syllabus.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/syllabus.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%inherit file="/main.html" />
 <%namespace name='static' file='/static_content.html'/>
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from lms.djangoapps.courseware.courses import get_course_syllabus_section
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index 0543f827a0..5c4443c6bb 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pytz
 import six
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from common.djangoapps.entitlements.models import CourseEntitlement
 from common.djangoapps.third_party_auth import pipeline
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_certificate_information.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_certificate_information.html
index bfb9d293d1..861c724c40 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_certificate_information.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_certificate_information.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <%!
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 from common.djangoapps.course_modes.models import CourseMode
 from lms.djangoapps.certificates.data import CertificateStatuses
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_listing.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_listing.html
index 0ea955a0ae..617fd4cb8f 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_listing.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_listing.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import six
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.http import urlencode, urlquote_plus
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import ungettext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from common.djangoapps.course_modes.models import CourseMode
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_resume.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_resume.html
index a4d3c03c2d..c9e15f60e2 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_resume.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_course_resume.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <%!
 import six
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 
 % if resume_button_url != '':
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_actions.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_actions.html
index 8d97eb7563..767d516541 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_actions.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_actions.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <%!
 import six
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.urls import reverse
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_unenrollment_modal.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_unenrollment_modal.html
index f04d8a1114..63f6beac10 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_unenrollment_modal.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_entitlement_unenrollment_modal.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 
 <div id="entitlement-unenrollment-modal" class="entitlement-unenrollment-modal js-entitlement-unenrollment-modal js-modal" aria-hidden="true">
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_show_consent.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_show_consent.html
index 0217cb44ba..98f8ffd3c4 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_show_consent.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_show_consent.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h" args="course_overview, course_target, enrollment, enterprise_customer_name" />
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
             </a>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html
index 4fec2ea30b..0c22e169ce 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_status_verification.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <%!
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from lms.djangoapps.verify_student.services import IDVerificationService
 %>
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_reason_survey.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_reason_survey.html
index dcd034f092..5b80292a83 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_reason_survey.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_reason_survey.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 <div class="reasons_survey">
   <div class="slide1 hidden">
diff --git a/lms/templates/debug/run_python_form.html b/lms/templates/debug/run_python_form.html
index 0c2abbfe80..3ca8e572ff 100644
--- a/lms/templates/debug/run_python_form.html
+++ b/lms/templates/debug/run_python_form.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _ %>
 <html><body>
 <div>
 <p>Python:</p>
diff --git a/lms/templates/footer.html b/lms/templates/footer.html
index a919d6ef53..ca10e0bbb4 100644
--- a/lms/templates/footer.html
+++ b/lms/templates/footer.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
   from django.urls import reverse
-  from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+  from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
   from lms.djangoapps.branding.api import get_footer
   from openedx.core.djangoapps.lang_pref.api import footer_language_selector_is_enabled
 %>
diff --git a/lms/templates/forgot_password_modal.html b/lms/templates/forgot_password_modal.html
index ac35c675d9..9b440749b7 100644
--- a/lms/templates/forgot_password_modal.html
+++ b/lms/templates/forgot_password_modal.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
 
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import js_escaped_string
 from django.urls import reverse
 %>