diff --git a/opentech/apply/stream_forms/blocks.py b/opentech/apply/stream_forms/blocks.py
index d8a808422f4a42dbaea627bfcaff9c742e9ae150..09b37619c0924ab73539e4166cd6d7eb260ed05a 100644
--- a/opentech/apply/stream_forms/blocks.py
+++ b/opentech/apply/stream_forms/blocks.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.core.validators import FileExtensionValidator
 from django.db.models import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
 from django.forms.widgets import ClearableFileInput
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from unidecode import unidecode
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class FormFieldBlock(StructBlock):
         template = 'stream_forms/render_field.html'
 
     def get_slug(self, struct_value):
-        return force_text(slugify(unidecode(struct_value['field_label'])))
+        return force_str(slugify(unidecode(struct_value['field_label'])))
 
     def get_field_class(self, struct_value):
         return self.field_class
diff --git a/opentech/apply/users/views.py b/opentech/apply/users/views.py
index 88014382878eb3960ab935f250aa7ad7cff18855..91cc1102454fa49e237f537bd1da298db233ce67 100644
--- a/opentech/apply/users/views.py
+++ b/opentech/apply/users/views.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect, render, resolve_url
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.http import is_safe_url, urlsafe_base64_decode
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_protect
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ActivationView(TemplateView):
         """
         try:
             user = User.objects.get(**{
-                'pk': force_text(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
+                'pk': force_str(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
             })
             return user
         except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, User.DoesNotExist):