diff --git a/project_name/settings.py b/project_name/settings.py
index 2ff3a2c..ecb3b6b 100644
--- a/project_name/settings.py
+++ b/project_name/settings.py
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 # Django settings for {{ project_name }} project.
-
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # The top directory for this project. Contains requirements/, manage.py,
 # and README.rst, a {{ project_name }} directory with settings etc (see
 # PROJECT_PATH), as well as a directory for each Django app added to this
 # project.
-PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 # The directory with this project's templates, settings, urls, static dir,
 # wsgi.py, fixtures, etc.
-PROJECT_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, '{{ project_name }}')
+PROJECT_PATH = BASE_DIR / '{{ project_name }}'
 
 DEBUG = True
-TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
 ADMINS = (
     # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': '{{ project_name }}.db',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / '{{ project_name }}.db',
         'USER': '',
         'PASSWORD': '',
         'HOST': '',
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@
 
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
 # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/public/media/"
-MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'public', 'media')
+MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'public' / 'media'
 
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash.
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@
 # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
 # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
 # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/public/static/"
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'public', 'static')
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'public' / 'static'
 
 # URL prefix for static files.
 # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@
 
 # Additional locations of static files to collect
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'static'),
+    PROJECT_PATH / 'static',
 )
 
 # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
@@ -87,29 +85,12 @@
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ secret_key }}'
 
-# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
-TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-)
-
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-    'django.core.context_processors.debug',
-    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
-    'django.core.context_processors.media',
-    'django.core.context_processors.static',
-    'django.core.context_processors.tz',
-    'django.core.context_processors.request',
-    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
-)
-
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+MIDDLEWARE = (
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 )
@@ -119,12 +100,28 @@
 # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
 WSGI_APPLICATION = '{{ project_name }}.wsgi.application'
 
-TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'templates'),
-)
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [PROJECT_PATH / 'templates'],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
+                'django.template.context_processors.media',
+                'django.template.context_processors.static',
+                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
 
 FIXTURE_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'fixtures'),
+    PROJECT_PATH / 'fixtures',
 )
 
 # A sample logging configuration.
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@
             'level': 'DEBUG',
             'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
             'formatter': 'basic',
-            'filename': os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'rapidsms.log'),
+            'filename': PROJECT_PATH / 'rapidsms.log',
         },
     },
     'loggers': {
diff --git a/project_name/urls.py b/project_name/urls.py
index 01d38be..4aae26b 100644
--- a/project_name/urls.py
+++ b/project_name/urls.py
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
+from django.urls import include, re_path, path
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
+     path(r'admin/', admin.site.urls),
     # RapidSMS core URLs
-    url(r'^accounts/', include('rapidsms.urls.login_logout')),
-    url(r'^$', 'rapidsms.views.dashboard', name='rapidsms-dashboard'),
+    re_path(r'^accounts/', include('rapidsms.urls.login_logout')),
+    re_path(r'^$', rapidsms.views.dashboard, name='rapidsms-dashboard'),
     # RapidSMS contrib app URLs
-    url(r'^httptester/', include('rapidsms.contrib.httptester.urls')),
-    url(r'^messagelog/', include('rapidsms.contrib.messagelog.urls')),
-    url(r'^messaging/', include('rapidsms.contrib.messaging.urls')),
-    url(r'^registration/', include('rapidsms.contrib.registration.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^httptester/', include('rapidsms.contrib.httptester.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^messagelog/', include('rapidsms.contrib.messagelog.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^messaging/', include('rapidsms.contrib.messaging.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^registration/', include('rapidsms.contrib.registration.urls')),
 
     # Third party URLs
-    url(r'^selectable/', include('selectable.urls')),
+    re_path(r'^selectable/', include('selectable.urls')),
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 8c5be40..6376bfd 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Django>=1.8,<1.9
-RapidSMS==0.21.0
+Django>=5.2,<5.3
+RapidSMS==2.2.0