diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/deprecated-course-key-warning.html b/cms/templates/widgets/deprecated-course-key-warning.html
index 80aa94b9c6..33de5e8d64 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/deprecated-course-key-warning.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/deprecated-course-key-warning.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import date
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from openedx.core.djangolib.translation_utils import translate_date
 
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
index f91e238f32..d4a1da6478 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## mako
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.urls import reverse
 from datetime import datetime
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/header.html b/cms/templates/widgets/header.html
index e0be8f62d3..eb4431ac0d 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/header.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/header.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote
   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 cms.djangoapps.contentstore import toggles
   from cms.djangoapps.contentstore.utils import get_pages_and_resources_url
   from openedx.core.djangoapps.discussions.config.waffle import ENABLE_PAGES_AND_RESOURCES_MICROFRONTEND
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/problem-edit.html b/cms/templates/widgets/problem-edit.html
index 42643c0ba0..4eedb550af 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/problem-edit.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/problem-edit.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _ %>
 <%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/sock.html b/cms/templates/widgets/sock.html
index a34de4bfb5..e858917c9d 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/sock.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/sock.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h" args="online_help_token" />
 <%!
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 <%namespace file="sock_links.html" import="get_sock_links" />
 
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links.html b/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links.html
index d4d1d21d23..f5e752ede4 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h" />
 <%!
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 <%namespace file="sock_links_extra.html" import="get_sock_links_extra" />
 
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links_extra.html b/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links_extra.html
index bfb305c29f..e301f2813b 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links_extra.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/sock_links_extra.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%page expression_filter="h" />
 <%!
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 %>
 
 <%def name="get_sock_links_extra()">
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html b/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html
index 8e91704d78..0ec00257ff 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/user_dropdown.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 edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_attribute
   from common.djangoapps.student.roles import GlobalStaff
 %>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/video/codemirror-edit.html b/cms/templates/widgets/video/codemirror-edit.html
index b044667b3d..e8c45d635c 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/video/codemirror-edit.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/video/codemirror-edit.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _ %>
 <%page args="tabName" expression_filter="h"/>
 <div>
   <textarea id="xml-${html_id}" class="edit-box">${data}</textarea>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/video/transcripts.html b/cms/templates/widgets/video/transcripts.html
index 5d007e7736..a456325be7 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/video/transcripts.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/video/transcripts.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import gettext as _ %>
 <%namespace name='static' file='../../static_content.html'/>
 <%page args="tabName" expression_filter="h"/>