diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index aec54d64..7a8c1a46 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "ASGI specs, helper code, and adapters"
+name = "asgiref"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+version = "3.2.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+tests = ["pytest (>=4.3.0,<4.4.0)", "pytest-asyncio (>=0.10.0,<0.11.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 category = "dev"
 description = "A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide"
@@ -38,12 +49,13 @@ category = "main"
 description = "A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 name = "django"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
-version = "2.2.12"
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+version = "3.0.5"
 
 [package.dependencies]
+asgiref = ">=3.2,<4.0"
 pytz = "*"
-sqlparse = "*"
+sqlparse = ">=0.2.2"
 
 [package.extras]
 argon2 = ["argon2-cffi (>=16.1.0)"]
@@ -369,10 +381,14 @@ version = "5.0.1"
 brotli = ["brotli"]
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "e570a1ca3aa64f5a5f6085d755d16b38c576c4e7646e0a09d6c9c2f542d91a0f"
+content-hash = "dc24924af5d09a738f15f1cd61f77d01c8d32acacf4c39dd2401d654f0439f99"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
 
 [metadata.files]
+asgiref = [
+    {file = "asgiref-3.2.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9ca8b952a0a9afa61d30aa6d3d9b570bb3fd6bafcf7ec9e6bed43b936133db1c"},
+    {file = "asgiref-3.2.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8036f90603c54e93521e5777b2b9a39ba1bad05773fcf2d208f0299d1df58ce5"},
+]
 autopep8 = [
     {file = "autopep8-1.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cc6be1dfd46f2c7fa00e84a357f1a269683985b09eaffb47654ed551194399eb"},
 ]
@@ -389,8 +405,8 @@ dj-database-url = [
     {file = "dj_database_url-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:851785365761ebe4994a921b433062309eb882fedd318e1b0fcecc607ed02da9"},
 ]
 django = [
-    {file = "Django-2.2.12-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6ecd229e1815d4fc5240fc98f1cca78c41e7a8cd3e3f2eefadc4735031077916"},
-    {file = "Django-2.2.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:69897097095f336d5aeef45b4103dceae51c00afa6d3ae198a2a18e519791b7a"},
+    {file = "Django-3.0.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:642d8eceab321ca743ae71e0f985ff8fdca59f07aab3a9fb362c617d23e33a76"},
+    {file = "Django-3.0.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d4666c2edefa38c5ede0ec1655424c56dc47ceb04b6d8d62a7eac09db89545c1"},
 ]
 django-braces = [
     {file = "django-braces-1.14.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:83705b78948de00804bfacf40c315d001bb39630f35bbdd8588211c2d5b4d43f"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fd7a9c7..72c05370 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ requests = "^2.23.0"
 six = "^1.14.0"
 stripe = "^2.45.0"
 whitenoise = "^5.0.1"
-Django = "~2.2.12"
+Django = "~3.0.5"
 Padding = "^0.5"
 SQLAlchemy = "^1.3.16"
 django-postgrespool2 = "^1.0.1"
diff --git a/swapi/views.py b/swapi/views.py
index 56bcc71d..e63abc8e 100644
--- a/swapi/views.py
+++ b/swapi/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 def index(request):
 
     stripe_key = settings.STRIPE_KEYS['publishable']
-    return render_to_response(
+    return render(
+        request,
         'index.html',
         {
             "stripe_key": stripe_key
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def index(request):
 
 
 def documentation(request):
-    return render_to_response("documentation.html")
+    return render(request, "documentation.html")
 
 
 def about(request):
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ def about(request):
         data = get_resource_stats()
         cache.set('resource_data', data, 10000)
     data['stripe_key'] = stripe_key
-    return render_to_response(
+    return render(
+        request,
         "about.html",
         data
     )
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ def stripe_donation(request):
 @login_required
 def stats(request):
     data = {}
-    return render_to_response(
+    return render(
+        request,
         'stats.html',
         data
     )