Upgrading Django to 5.2.7 causing error wth rest_framework_simplejwt as django.utils.timezone is depreciated

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I am upgrading my Django project to v5.2.7.

After installing requirements.txt with the upgraded versions of all libraries, I ran the command to validate the code

python manage.py check

But it is throwing error

ImportError: Could not import 'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication' for API setting 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'. ImportError: cannot import name 'utc' from 'django.utils.timezone' (...\envs\localenv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\timezone.py).

Requirements.txt

asgiref==3.8.1
certifi==2023.11.17
Django==5.2.7
django-cors-headers==4.3.1
djangorestframework==3.14.0
mysqlclient==2.2.0
PyJWT==2.8.0
pytz==2023.3
newrelic==9.0.0
djangorestframework_simplejwt==5.2.0
sqlparse==0.4.4

Find the line: from django.utils.timezone import utc and replace it with: from datetime import timezone utc = timezone.utc — tarun kumar
– tarun kumar, Commented Nov 6 at 10:26
Yes, but issue is should we manually change the file on server? — Charmi
– Charmi, Commented Nov 6 at 10:54

ninadepina · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-06 10:27:00Z

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You've upgraded to Django 5.2.7, but django.utils.timezone.utc is deprecated since Django 4.1. Some third-party packages (mostly older versions) still try to import it tho.

Deprecated	Use instead
`django.utils.timezone.utc`	`datetime.timezone.utc`

(I think you should check what upgrading your djangorestframework-simplejwt does)

answered Nov 6 at 10:27

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tarun kumar · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-06 10:30:04Z

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Find the file (path shown in error):

\env\localenv\Lib\site-packages\rest_framework_simplejwt\tokens.py

Find the line:

from django.utils.timezone import utc

and replace it with:

from datetime import timezone
utc = timezone.utc

This is temporarily fixing the issue

answered Nov 6 at 10:30

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4 Comments

Charmi Nov 6 at 10:42

So can library file be updated manually?

tarun kumar Nov 8 at 4:17

Yes possible but you have to fix every time you share code on different machine

sahasrara62 Nov 6 at 11:38

this is not right approach, just upgrade the package to the version which work well with 5.2.7. dont use this

Muhammad Haris Yousaf Nov 8 at 7:18

This won't work when you run the code on another machine.

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