diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 6e71a5151..b97922e05 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID           n/a
 DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY       n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME          AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME     n/a                                            raises error
 SENTRY_DSN                              SENTRY_DSN                  n/a                                            raises error
-DJANGO_SENTRY_CLIENT                    SENTRY_CLIENT               n/a                                            raven.contrib.django.raven_compat.DjangoClient
 DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL                 SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL            n/a                                            logging.INFO
 MAILGUN_API_KEY                         MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY          n/a                                            raises error
 MAILGUN_DOMAIN                          MAILGUN_SENDER_DOMAIN       n/a                                            raises error
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 87753b552..d820ec17b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
 import logging
 
+import sentry_sdk
+
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+
 {% endif -%}
 from .base import *  # noqa
 from .base import env
@@ -196,60 +201,17 @@ MIDDLEWARE = ['raven.contrib.django.raven_compat.middleware.SentryResponseErrorI
 # Sentry
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SENTRY_DSN = env('SENTRY_DSN')
-SENTRY_CLIENT = env('DJANGO_SENTRY_CLIENT', default='raven.contrib.django.raven_compat.DjangoClient')
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
-    'root': {
-        'level': 'WARNING',
-        'handlers': ['sentry'],
-    },
-    'formatters': {
-        'verbose': {
-            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s '
-                      '%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'sentry': {
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'class': 'raven.contrib.django.raven_compat.handlers.SentryHandler',
-        },
-        'console': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'verbose'
-        }
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'django.db.backends': {
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'raven': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'sentry.errors': {
-            'level': 'DEBUG',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.security.DisallowedHost': {
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'handlers': ['console', 'sentry'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-    },
-}
-
 SENTRY_CELERY_LOGLEVEL = env.int('DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL', logging.INFO)
-RAVEN_CONFIG = {
-    'dsn': SENTRY_DSN
-}
 
+sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
+    level=SENTRY_CELERY_LOGLEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
+    event_level=None     # Send no events from log messages
+)
+
+sentry_sdk.init(
+    dsn="SENTRY_DSN",
+    integrations=[sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration()]
+)
 {%- else %}
 # LOGGING
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
index b3f0a388b..962859fa0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 import os
 from celery import Celery
+
+import sentry_sdk
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+
 from django.apps import apps, AppConfig
 from django.conf import settings
 
@@ -26,9 +30,6 @@ class CeleryAppConfig(AppConfig):
         installed_apps = [app_config.name for app_config in apps.get_app_configs()]
         app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: installed_apps, force=True)
 
-        {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
-        if hasattr(settings, 'RAVEN_CONFIG'):
-            # Celery signal registration
 {% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
 	    # Since raven is required in production only,
             # imports might (most surely will) be wiped out
@@ -36,16 +37,16 @@ class CeleryAppConfig(AppConfig):
             # in other environments.
             # @formatter:off
 {%- endif %}
-            from raven import Client as RavenClient
-            from raven.contrib.celery import register_signal as raven_register_signal
-            from raven.contrib.celery import register_logger_signal as raven_register_logger_signal
+    import sentry_sdk
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
 {% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
             # @formatter:on
 {%- endif %}
-
-            raven_client = RavenClient(dsn=settings.RAVEN_CONFIG['dsn'])
-            raven_register_logger_signal(raven_client)
-            raven_register_signal(raven_client)
+        sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
+            level=settings.SENTRY_CELERY_LOGLEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
+            event_level=None     # Send no events from log messages
+        )
+        sentry_sdk.init(dsn=settings.SENTRY_DSN, integrations=[sentry_logging, CeleryIntegration()])
         {%- endif %}