diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24f8d11cc..304732b9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 All enhancements and patches to Cookiecutter Django will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [2018-02-16]
+### Changed
+- Upgraded to Django 2.0 (@epicwhale)
+
 ## [2018-01-15]
 ### Changed
 - Removed Elastic Beanstalk support (@pydanny)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index efff1fad9..cfe16740d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ To run all tests using various versions of python in virtualenvs defined in tox.
 
     $ tox
 
-It is possible to tests with some versions of python, to do this the command
+It is possible to test with a specific version of python. To do this, the command
 is::
 
-    $ tox -e py34,py35
+    $ tox -e py36
 
-Will run py.test with the python3.4, and python3.5 interpreters, for
-example.
+This will run py.test with the python3.6 interpreter, for example.
 
 To run a particular test with tox for against your current Python version::
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6536ab7ec..939ad4a9a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ production-ready Django projects quickly.
 Features
 ---------
 
-* For Django 1.11
+* For Django 2.0
 * Works with Python 3.6
 * Renders Django projects with 100% starting test coverage
-* Twitter Bootstrap_ v4.0.0 - beta 1 (`maintained Foundation fork`_ also available)
+* Twitter Bootstrap_ v4.0.0 (`maintained Foundation fork`_ also available)
 * 12-Factor_ based settings via django-environ_
 * Secure by default. We believe in SSL.
 * Optimized development and production settings
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Two Scoops of Django 1.11
    :name: Two Scoops of Django 1.11 Cover
    :align: center
    :alt: Two Scoops of Django
-   :target: http://twoscoopspress.org/products/two-scoops-of-django-1-11
+   :target: http://twoscoopspress.com/products/two-scoops-of-django-1-11
 
 Two Scoops of Django is the best dessert-themed Django reference in the universe
 
diff --git a/docs/deployment-on-pythonanywhere.rst b/docs/deployment-on-pythonanywhere.rst
index 07b46bc05..d70684bd9 100644
--- a/docs/deployment-on-pythonanywhere.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment-on-pythonanywhere.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Make sure your project is fully commited and pushed up to Bitbucket or Github or
 
     git clone <my-repo-url>  # you can also use hg
     cd my-project-name
-    mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.5 my-project-name 
+    mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.6 my-project-name
     pip install -r requirements/production.txt  # may take a few minutes
 
 
diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 8b4ad4053..20bf9e5e1 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DJANGO_ADMIN_URL                        n/a                         r'^admin/'
 DJANGO_CACHES                           CACHES (default)            locmem                                         redis
 DJANGO_DATABASES                        DATABASES (default)         See code                                       See code
 DJANGO_DEBUG                            DEBUG                       True                                           False
-DJANGO_SECRET_KEY                       SECRET_KEY                  CHANGEME!!!                                    raises error
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY                       SECRET_KEY                  !!!SET DJANGO_SECRET_KEY!!!                    raises error
 DJANGO_SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER        SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER   n/a                                            True
 DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT              SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT         n/a                                            True
 DJANGO_SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF      SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF n/a                                            True
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 9a6da7b67..0e16ffb70 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -1,238 +1,283 @@
 """
-Does the following:
+NOTE:
+    the below code is to be maintained Python 2.x-compatible
+    as the whole Cookiecutter Django project initialization
+    can potentially be run in Python 2.x environment
+    (at least so we presume in `pre_gen_project.py`).
 
-1. Generates and saves random secret key
-2. Removes the taskapp if celery isn't going to be used
-3. Removes the .idea directory if PyCharm isn't going to be used
-4. Copy files from /docs/ to {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/docs/
-
-    TODO: this might have to be moved to a pre_gen_hook
-
-A portion of this code was adopted from Django's standard crypto functions and
-utilities, specifically:
-    https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/utils/crypto.py
+TODO: ? restrict Cookiecutter Django project initialization to Python 3.x environments only
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+
 import os
 import random
 import shutil
 import string
+import sys
 
-# Get the root project directory
-PROJECT_DIRECTORY = os.path.realpath(os.path.curdir)
-
-# Use the system PRNG if possible
 try:
+    # Inspired by
+    # https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/utils/crypto.py
     random = random.SystemRandom()
     using_sysrandom = True
 except NotImplementedError:
     using_sysrandom = False
 
-
-def get_random_string(length=50):
-    """
-    Returns a securely generated random string.
-    The default length of 12 with the a-z, A-Z, 0-9 character set returns
-    a 71-bit value. log_2((26+26+10)^12) =~ 71 bits
-    """
-    punctuation = string.punctuation.replace('"', '').replace("'", '')
-    punctuation = punctuation.replace('\\', '')
-    if using_sysrandom:
-        return ''.join(random.choice(
-            string.digits + string.ascii_letters + punctuation
-        ) for i in range(length))
-
-    print(
-        "Cookiecutter Django couldn't find a secure pseudo-random number generator on your system."
-        " Please change change your SECRET_KEY variables in conf/settings/local.py and env.example"
-        " manually."
-    )
-    return "CHANGEME!!"
+PROJECT_DIR_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.curdir)
 
 
-def set_secret_key(setting_file_location):
-    # Open locals.py
-    with open(setting_file_location) as f:
-        file_ = f.read()
-
-    # Generate a SECRET_KEY that matches the Django standard
-    SECRET_KEY = get_random_string()
-
-    # Replace "CHANGEME!!!" with SECRET_KEY
-    file_ = file_.replace('CHANGEME!!!', SECRET_KEY, 1)
-
-    # Write the results to the locals.py module
-    with open(setting_file_location, 'w') as f:
-        f.write(file_)
+def remove_file(file_path):
+    if os.path.exists(file_path):
+        os.remove(file_path)
 
 
-def make_secret_key(project_directory):
-    """Generates and saves random secret key"""
-    # Determine the local_setting_file_location
-    local_setting = os.path.join(
-        project_directory,
-        'config/settings/local.py'
-    )
-
-    # local.py settings file
-    set_secret_key(local_setting)
-
-    env_file = os.path.join(
-        project_directory,
-        'env.example'
-    )
-
-    # env.example file
-    set_secret_key(env_file)
+def remove_open_source_project_only_files():
+    file_names = [
+        'CONTRIBUTORS.txt',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
 
 
-def remove_file(file_name):
-    if os.path.exists(file_name):
-        os.remove(file_name)
+def remove_gplv3_files():
+    file_names = [
+        'COPYING',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
 
 
-def remove_task_app(project_directory):
-    """Removes the taskapp if celery isn't going to be used"""
-    # Determine the local_setting_file_location
-    task_app_location = os.path.join(
-        PROJECT_DIRECTORY,
-        '{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/taskapp'
-    )
-    shutil.rmtree(task_app_location)
+def remove_pycharm_files():
+    idea_dir_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, '.idea')
+    if os.path.exists(idea_dir_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(idea_dir_path)
 
-
-def remove_pycharm_dir(project_directory):
-    """
-    Removes directories related to PyCharm
-    if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    idea_dir_location = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, '.idea/')
-    if os.path.exists(idea_dir_location):
-        shutil.rmtree(idea_dir_location)
-
-    docs_dir_location = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, 'docs/pycharm/')
-    if os.path.exists(docs_dir_location):
-        shutil.rmtree(docs_dir_location)
-
-
-def remove_heroku_files():
-    """
-    Removes files needed for heroku if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    filenames = ["Procfile", "runtime.txt"]
-    for filename in ["Procfile", "runtime.txt"]:
-        file_name = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename)
-        remove_file(file_name)
+    docs_dir_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'docs', 'pycharm')
+    if os.path.exists(docs_dir_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(docs_dir_path)
 
 
 def remove_docker_files():
-    """
-    Removes files needed for docker if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    for filename in ["local.yml", "production.yml", ".dockerignore"]:
-        filename = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename)
-        if os.path.exists(filename):
-            os.remove(filename)
+    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'compose'))
 
-    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(
-        PROJECT_DIRECTORY, "compose"
-    ))
+    file_names = [
+        'local.yml',
+        'production.yml',
+        '.dockerignore',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
+
+
+def remove_heroku_files():
+    file_names = [
+        'Procfile',
+        'runtime.txt',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        remove_file(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
+
+
+def remove_paas_files():
+    none_paas_files_left = True
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}'.lower() == 'n':
+        remove_heroku_files()
+        none_paas_files_left &= True
+    else:
+        none_paas_files_left &= False
+
+    if none_paas_files_left:
+        remove_file(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'requirements.txt'))
 
 
 def remove_grunt_files():
-    """
-    Removes files needed for grunt if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    for filename in ["Gruntfile.js"]:
-        os.remove(os.path.join(
-            PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename
-        ))
+    file_names = [
+        'Gruntfile.js',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
+
 
 def remove_gulp_files():
+    file_names = [
+        'gulpfile.js',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
+
+
+def remove_packagejson_file():
+    file_names = [
+        'package.json',
+    ]
+    for file_name in file_names:
+        os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, file_name))
+
+
+def remove_celery_app():
+    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, '{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}', 'taskapp'))
+
+
+def append_to_project_gitignore(path):
+    gitignore_file_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, '.gitignore')
+    with open(gitignore_file_path, 'a') as gitignore_file:
+        gitignore_file.write(path)
+        gitignore_file.write(os.linesep)
+
+
+def generate_random_string(length,
+                           using_digits=False,
+                           using_ascii_letters=False,
+                           using_punctuation=False):
     """
-    Removes files needed for grunt if it isn't going to be used
+    Example:
+        opting out for 50 symbol-long, [a-z][A-Z][0-9] string
+        would yield log_2((26+26+50)^50) ~= 334 bit strength.
     """
-    for filename in ["gulpfile.js"]:
-        os.remove(os.path.join(
-            PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename
-        ))
+    if not using_sysrandom:
+        return None
 
-def remove_packageJSON_file():
-    """
-    Removes files needed for grunt if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    for filename in ["package.json"]:
-        os.remove(os.path.join(
-            PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename
-        ))
-
-def remove_copying_files():
-    """
-    Removes files needed for the GPLv3 licence if it isn't going to be used
-    """
-    for filename in ["COPYING"]:
-        os.remove(os.path.join(
-            PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename
-        ))
+    symbols = []
+    if using_digits:
+        symbols += string.digits
+    if using_ascii_letters:
+        symbols += string.ascii_letters
+    if using_punctuation:
+        symbols += string.punctuation \
+            .replace('"', '') \
+            .replace("'", '') \
+            .replace('\\', '')
+    return ''.join([random.choice(symbols) for _ in range(length)])
 
 
-# IN PROGRESS
-# def copy_doc_files(project_directory):
-#     cookiecutters_dir = DEFAULT_CONFIG['cookiecutters_dir']
-#     cookiecutter_django_dir = os.path.join(
-#         cookiecutters_dir,
-#         'cookiecutter-django',
-#         'docs'
-#     )
-#     target_dir = os.path.join(
-#         project_directory,
-#         'docs'
-#     )
-#     for name in os.listdir(cookiecutter_django_dir):
-#         if name.endswith('.rst') and not name.startswith('index'):
-#             src = os.path.join(cookiecutter_django_dir, name)
-#             dst = os.path.join(target_dir, name)
-#             shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
+def set_flag(file_path,
+             flag,
+             value=None,
+             *args,
+             **kwargs):
+    if value is None:
+        random_string = generate_random_string(*args, **kwargs)
+        if random_string is None:
+            import sys
+            sys.stdout.write(
+                "We couldn't find a secure pseudo-random number generator on your system. "
+                "Please, make sure to manually {} later.".format(flag)
+            )
+            random_string = flag
+        value = random_string
 
-# 1. Generates and saves random secret key
-make_secret_key(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
+    with open(file_path, 'r+') as f:
+        file_contents = f.read().replace(flag, value)
+        f.seek(0)
+        f.write(file_contents)
+        f.truncate()
 
-# 2. Removes the taskapp if celery isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_celery }}'.lower() == 'n':
-    remove_task_app(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
-
-# 3. Removes the .idea directory if PyCharm isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_pycharm }}'.lower() != 'y':
-    remove_pycharm_dir(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
-
-# 4. Removes all heroku files if it isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}'.lower() != 'y':
-    remove_heroku_files()
-
-# 5. Removes all docker files if it isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() != 'y':
-    remove_docker_files()
-
-# 6. Removes all JS task manager files if it isn't going to be used
-if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'gulp':
-    remove_grunt_files()
-elif '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'grunt':
-    remove_gulp_files()
-else:
-    remove_gulp_files()
-    remove_grunt_files()
-    remove_packageJSON_file()
+    return value
 
 
-# 9. Display a warning if use_docker and use_grunt are selected. Grunt isn't
-#   supported by our docker config atm.
-if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}'.lower() in ['grunt', 'gulp'] and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'y':
-    print(
-        "You selected to use docker and a JS task runner. This is NOT supported out of the box for now. You "
-        "can continue to use the project like you normally would, but you will need to add a "
-        "js task runner service to your docker configuration manually."
+def set_django_secret_key(file_path):
+    django_secret_key = set_flag(
+        file_path,
+        '!!!SET DJANGO_SECRET_KEY!!!',
+        length=50,
+        using_digits=True,
+        using_ascii_letters=True
     )
+    return django_secret_key
 
-# 10. Removes files needed for the GPLv3 licence if it isn't going to be used.
-if '{{ cookiecutter.open_source_license}}' != 'GPLv3':
-    remove_copying_files()
+
+def set_postgres_user(file_path,
+                      value=None):
+    postgres_user = set_flag(
+        file_path,
+        '!!!SET POSTGRES_USER!!!',
+        value=value,
+        length=8,
+        using_ascii_letters=True
+    )
+    return postgres_user
+
+
+def set_postgres_password(file_path):
+    postgres_password = set_flag(
+        file_path,
+        '!!!SET POSTGRES_PASSWORD!!!',
+        length=42,
+        using_digits=True,
+        using_ascii_letters=True
+    )
+    return postgres_password
+
+
+def initialize_dotenv(postgres_user):
+    # Initializing `env.example` first.
+    envexample_file_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'env.example')
+    set_django_secret_key(envexample_file_path)
+    set_postgres_user(envexample_file_path, value=postgres_user)
+    set_postgres_password(envexample_file_path)
+    # Renaming `env.example` to `.env`.
+    dotenv_file_path = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, '.env')
+    shutil.move(envexample_file_path, dotenv_file_path)
+
+
+def initialize_localyml(postgres_user):
+    set_postgres_user(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'local.yml'), value=postgres_user)
+
+
+def initialize_local_settings():
+    set_django_secret_key(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'config', 'settings', 'local.py'))
+
+
+def initialize_test_settings():
+    set_django_secret_key(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR_PATH, 'config', 'settings', 'test.py'))
+
+
+def main():
+    postgres_user = generate_random_string(length=16, using_ascii_letters=True)
+    initialize_dotenv(postgres_user)
+    initialize_localyml(postgres_user)
+    initialize_local_settings()
+    initialize_test_settings()
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.open_source_license }}' == 'Not open source':
+        remove_open_source_project_only_files()
+    elif '{{ cookiecutter.open_source_license}}' != 'GPLv3':
+        remove_gplv3_files()
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_pycharm }}'.lower() == 'n':
+        remove_pycharm_files()
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'n':
+        remove_docker_files()
+
+    remove_paas_files()
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'gulp':
+        remove_grunt_files()
+    elif '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner}}'.lower() == 'grunt':
+        remove_gulp_files()
+    else:
+        remove_gulp_files()
+        remove_grunt_files()
+        remove_packagejson_file()
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}'.lower() in ['grunt', 'gulp'] \
+        and '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower() == 'y':
+        TERMINATOR = "\x1b[0m"
+        INFO = "\x1b[1;33m [INFO]: "
+        sys.stdout.write(
+            INFO +
+            "Docker and {} JS task runner ".format('{{ cookiecutter.js_task_runner }}'.lower().capitalize()) +
+            "working together not supported yet. "
+            "You can continue using the generated project like you normally would, "
+            "however you would need to add a JS task runner service "
+            "to your Docker Compose configuration manually." +
+            TERMINATOR
+        )
+
+    if '{{ cookiecutter.use_celery }}'.lower() == 'n':
+        remove_celery_app()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index 5f2c9d5d6..c48ce0ad8 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -1,27 +1,62 @@
+"""
+NOTE:
+    the below code is to be maintained Python 2.x-compatible
+    as the whole Cookiecutter Django project initialization
+    can potentially be run in Python 2.x environment.
+
+TODO: ? restrict Cookiecutter Django project initialization to Python 3.x environments only
+"""
+
 project_slug = '{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}'
-
 if hasattr(project_slug, 'isidentifier'):
-    assert project_slug.isidentifier(), 'Project slug should be valid Python identifier!'
+    assert project_slug.isidentifier(), "'{}' project slug is not a valid Python identifier.".format(project_slug)
 
-heroku = '{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}'.lower()
-docker = '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower()
+assert "\\" not in "{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}", "Don't include backslashes in author name."
 
-if docker == 'n':
-	import sys
 
-	python_major_version = sys.version_info[0]
+using_docker = '{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}'.lower()
+if using_docker == 'n':
+    TERMINATOR = "\x1b[0m"
+    WARNING = "\x1b[1;33m [WARNING]: "
+    INFO = "\x1b[1;33m [INFO]: "
+    HINT = "\x1b[3;33m"
+    SUCCESS = "\x1b[1;32m [SUCCESS]: "
 
-	if python_major_version == 2:
-		sys.stdout.write("WARNING: Cookiecutter Django does not support Python 2! Stability is guaranteed with Python 3.4+ only. Are you sure you want to proceed? (y/n)")
+    import sys
 
-		yes_options = set(['y'])
-		no_options = set(['n', ''])
-		choice = raw_input().lower()
-		if choice in no_options:
-			sys.exit(1)
-		elif choice in yes_options:
-			pass
-		else:
-			sys.stdout.write("Please respond with %s or %s"
-				% (', '.join([o for o in yes_options if not o == ''])
-					, ', '.join([o for o in no_options if not o == ''])))
+    python_major_version = sys.version_info[0]
+    if python_major_version == 2:
+        sys.stdout.write(
+            WARNING +
+            "Cookiecutter Django does not support Python 2. "
+            "Stability is guaranteed with Python 3.6+ only, "
+            "are you sure you want to proceed (y/n)? " +
+            TERMINATOR
+        )
+        yes_options, no_options = frozenset(['y']), frozenset(['n'])
+        while True:
+            choice = raw_input().lower()
+            if choice in yes_options:
+                break
+            elif choice in no_options:
+                sys.stdout.write(
+                    INFO +
+                    "Generation process stopped as requested." +
+                    TERMINATOR
+                )
+                sys.exit(1)
+            else:
+                sys.stdout.write(
+                    HINT +
+                    "Please respond with {} or {}: ".format(
+                        ', '.join(["'{}'".format(o) for o in yes_options if not o == '']),
+                        ', '.join(["'{}'".format(o) for o in no_options if not o == ''])
+                    ) +
+                    TERMINATOR
+                )
+
+    sys.stdout.write(
+        SUCCESS +
+        "Project initialized, keep up the good work!" +
+        TERMINATOR
+    )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1790a0216..085d5a147 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sh==1.12.14
 binaryornot==0.4.4
 
 # Testing
-pytest==3.3.2
+pytest==3.4.1
 pycodestyle==2.3.1
 pyflakes==1.6.0
 tox==2.9.1
diff --git a/requirements_to_watch.txt b/requirements_to_watch.txt
index 4440448d4..91f0041bf 100644
--- a/requirements_to_watch.txt
+++ b/requirements_to_watch.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-# These requirements prevented an upgrade to Django 1.10.
-django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
+# These requirements prevented an upgrade to Django 1.11.
 django-autoslug==1.9.3
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eb5856e63..a7efb0a64 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # Our version ALWAYS matches the version of Django we support
 # If Django has a new release, we branch, tag, then update this setting after the tag.
-version = '1.11.9'
+version = '2.0.2'
 
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'tag':
     os.system('git tag -a %s -m "version %s"' % (version, version))
@@ -34,16 +34,14 @@ setup(
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Environment :: Console',
-        'Framework :: Django :: 1.10',
+        'Framework :: Django :: 2.0',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
         'Topic :: Software Development',
     ],
     keywords=(
diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 137694d7a..d80a091e4 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py test
 
 # return non-zero status code if there are migrations that have not been created
 docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
+
+# Test support for translations
+docker-compose -f local.yml run --rm django python manage.py makemessages
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index 216b8709b..5ca54d000 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev wget curl llvm
 language: python
 python:
-  - "3.5"
+  - "3.6"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
index e62b524a4..383b15776 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-FROM python:3.5
+FROM python:3.6-alpine
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
+RUN apk update \
+  # psycopg2 dependencies
+  && apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
+  && apk add postgresql-dev \
+  # Pillow dependencies
+  && apk add jpeg-dev zlib-dev freetype-dev lcms2-dev openjpeg-dev tiff-dev tk-dev tcl-dev \
+  # CFFI dependencies
+  && apk add libffi-dev openssl-dev py-cffi \
+  # Translations dependencies
+  && apk add gettext
+
 # Requirements have to be pulled and installed here, otherwise caching won't work
 COPY ./requirements /requirements
 RUN pip install -r /requirements/local.txt
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
index c26318b44..0ca8bb507 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
index 8b50c8cfd..4335340de 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
index cf4a41667..50227e19e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
index fcbe51844..2ded8253e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-FROM python:3.5
+FROM python:3.6-alpine
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
-RUN groupadd -r django \
-    && useradd -r -g django django
+RUN apk update \
+  # psycopg2 dependencies
+  && apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
+  && apk add postgresql-dev \
+  # Pillow dependencies
+  && apk add jpeg-dev zlib-dev freetype-dev lcms2-dev openjpeg-dev tiff-dev tk-dev tcl-dev \
+  # CFFI dependencies
+  && apk add libffi-dev openssl-dev py-cffi
+
+RUN addgroup -S django \
+    && adduser -S -G django django
 
 # Requirements have to be pulled and installed here, otherwise caching won't work
 COPY ./requirements /requirements
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
index 845db0a3d..def83076c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
index 4529aad92..10f0d20c5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/worker/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
index 3b83c7bb6..a40a2b7e4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export DATABASE_URL=postgres://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@postgres:5432/$
 export CELERY_BROKER_URL=$REDIS_URL/0
 {% endif %}
 
-function postgres_ready(){
+postgres_ready() {
 python << END
 import sys
 import psycopg2
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
index 25da06496..8846cafb2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/gunicorn.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
index 67a7074a5..c903795c7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['debug'] = DEBUG
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
 # Note: This key only used for development and testing.
-SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', default='CHANGEME!!!')
+SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', default='!!!SET DJANGO_SECRET_KEY!!!')
 
 # Mail settings
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index 33542fbf9..3926f3db1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -103,12 +103,8 @@ AWS_QUERYSTRING_AUTH = False
 # AWS cache settings, don't change unless you know what you're doing:
 AWS_EXPIRY = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
 
-# TODO See: https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages/issues/47
-# Revert the following and use str after the above-mentioned bug is fixed in
-# either django-storage-redux or boto
-control = 'max-age=%d, s-maxage=%d, must-revalidate' % (AWS_EXPIRY, AWS_EXPIRY)
-AWS_HEADERS = {
-    'Cache-Control': bytes(control, encoding='latin-1')
+AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS = {
+    'CacheControl': 'max-age=%d, s-maxage=%d, must-revalidate' % (AWS_EXPIRY, AWS_EXPIRY),
 }
 
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT, used for managing
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['loaders'] = [
 # Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DATABASE_URL not in os.environ
 DATABASES['default'] = env.db('DATABASE_URL')
 DATABASES['default']['CONN_MAX_AGE'] = env.int('CONN_MAX_AGE', default={{ _DEFAULT_CONN_MAX_AGE }})
-
+DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
 
 # CACHING
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
index d973428d7..01a412791 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['debug'] = False
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
 # Note: This key only used for development and testing.
-SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', default='CHANGEME!!!')
+SECRET_KEY = env('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', default='!!!SET DJANGO_SECRET_KEY!!!')
 
 # Mail settings
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/docker_ec2.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/docker_ec2.rst
index 3e43ed767..606d29563 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/docker_ec2.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/docker_ec2.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The `Docker compose documentation`_ explains in detail what you can accomplish i
         build: database
     webapp:
         build: webapp:
-        command: /usr/bin/python3.4 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 # dev setting
+        command: /usr/bin/python3.6 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 # dev setting
         # command: gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:8000 wsgi:application # production setting
         volumes:
             - webapp/your_project_name:/path/to/container/workdir/
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/env.example b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/env.example
index c83b3a83d..757c4ef00 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/env.example
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # PostgreSQL
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpass
-POSTGRES_USER=postgresuser
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=!!!SET POSTGRES_PASSWORD!!!
+POSTGRES_USER=!!!SET POSTGRES_USER!!!
 CONN_MAX_AGE=
 
 # Domain name, used by caddy
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DOMAIN_NAME={{ cookiecutter.domain_name }}
 # DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE=True
 DJANGO_ADMIN_URL=
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.settings.production
-DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=CHANGEME!!!
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=!!!SET DJANGO_SECRET_KEY!!!
 DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=.{{ cookiecutter.domain_name }}
 
 # AWS Settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
index aaf131fa2..b030e6174 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER={{cookiecutter.project_slug}}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=!!!SET POSTGRES_USER!!!
       - USE_DOCKER=yes
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       - postgres_data_local:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - postgres_backup_local:/backups
     environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER={{cookiecutter.project_slug}}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=!!!SET POSTGRES_USER!!!
 {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == 'y' %}
   mailhog:
     image: mailhog/mailhog:v1.0.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/locale/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/locale/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2f1dcd6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/locale/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Translations
+============
+
+Translations will be placed in this folder when running::
+
+    python manage.py makemessages
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index b25951562..c9f784327 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wheel==0.30.0
 
 
 # Conservative Django
-django==1.11.10 # pyup: <2.0
+django==2.0.2 # pyup: < 2.1
 
 # Configuration
 django-environ==0.4.4
@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ django-allauth==0.35.0
 # from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#psycopg
 {% else %}
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
-psycopg2==2.7.3.2
+psycopg2==2.7.4 --no-binary psycopg2
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Unicode slugification
 awesome-slugify==1.6.5
 
 # Time zones support
-pytz==2017.3
+pytz==2018.3
 
 # Redis support
 django-redis==4.8.0
 redis>=2.10.5
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
-celery==3.1.25
+celery==3.1.25 # pyup: <4.0
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 2fccb4092..93e9f741d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Local development dependencies go here
 -r base.txt
 
-coverage==4.5
+coverage==4.5.1
 django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
 
-Sphinx==1.6.7
-django-extensions==1.9.9
+Sphinx==1.7.1
+django-extensions==2.0.0
 Werkzeug==0.14.1
 django-test-plus==1.0.22
 factory-boy==2.10.0
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ factory-boy==2.10.0
 django-debug-toolbar==1.9.1
 
 # improved REPL
-ipdb==0.10.3
+ipdb==0.11
 
 pytest-django==3.1.2
-pytest-sugar==0.9.0
+pytest-sugar==0.9.1
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 15740618f..7577c7462 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
 # Assuming Windows is used locally, and *nix -- in production.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
-psycopg2==2.7.3.2
+psycopg2==2.7.4 --no-binary psycopg2
 {%- endif %}
 
 # WSGI Handler
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ gunicorn==19.7.1
 
 # Static and Media Storage
 # ------------------------------------------------
-boto3==1.5.22
+boto3==1.5.36
 django-storages==1.6.5
 {% if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise != 'y' -%}
 Collectfast==0.6.0
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Collectfast==0.6.0
 
 # Email backends for Mailgun, Postmark, SendGrid and more
 # -------------------------------------------------------
-django-anymail==1.3
+django-anymail==1.4
 
 {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry_for_error_reporting == "y" -%}
 # Raven is the Sentry client
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
index b5a8ec985..2a6ed87fa 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 {% if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' -%}
 # Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
 # If using Win for dev, this assumes Unix in test/prod
-psycopg2==2.7.3.2
+psycopg2==2.7.4
 {%- endif %}
 
-coverage==4.5
+coverage==4.5.1
 flake8==3.5.0 # pyup: != 2.6.0
 django-test-plus==1.0.22
 factory-boy==2.10.0
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
 
 # pytest
 pytest-django==3.1.2
-pytest-sugar==0.9.0
+pytest-sugar==0.9.1
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
index cfa5aa5ca..5c4538034 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-3.6.2
+python-3.6.4
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-stretch.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-stretch.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2b3a7e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-stretch.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Debian Jessie 9.x
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++,
+build-essential
+#required to translate
+gettext
+python3-dev
+
+##shared dependencies of:
+##Pillow, pylibmc
+zlib1g-dev
+
+##Postgresql and psycopg2 dependencies
+libpq-dev
+
+##Pillow dependencies
+libtiff5-dev
+libjpeg62-turbo-dev
+libfreetype6-dev
+liblcms2-dev
+libwebp-dev
+
+##django-extensions
+graphviz-dev
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
index a45de763c..c767cb3b9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <!-- Your stuff: Third-party CSS libraries go here -->
     {% endraw %}{% if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}{% raw %}{% compress css %}{% endraw %}{% endif %}{% raw %}
     <!-- This file stores project-specific CSS -->
-    {% endraw %}{% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == "Gulp" %}{% raw %}
+    {% endraw %}{% if cookiecutter.js_task_runner == "Gulp" and cookiecutter.use_compressor == "n" %}{% raw %}
     <link href="{% static 'css/project.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">
     {% endraw %}{% else %}{% raw %}
     <link href="{% static 'css/project.css' %}" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/migrations/0001_initial.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
index b2cfca39f..7cc96f62c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('is_superuser', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.', verbose_name='superuser status')),
                 ('username', models.CharField(error_messages={'unique': 'A user with that username already exists.'}, help_text='Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.', max_length=150, unique=True, validators=[django.contrib.auth.validators.UnicodeUsernameValidator()], verbose_name='username')),
                 ('first_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=30, verbose_name='first name')),
-                ('last_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=30, verbose_name='last name')),
+                ('last_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name='last name')),
                 ('email', models.EmailField(blank=True, max_length=254, verbose_name='email address')),
                 ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates whether the user can log into this admin site.', verbose_name='staff status')),
                 ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.', verbose_name='active')),
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/models.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/models.py
index c06f15da4..4b1a10d1e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/models.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
-@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class User(AbstractUser):
 
     # First Name and Last Name do not cover name patterns
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tests/test_urls.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tests/test_urls.py
index 6e181cc8e..4935b0f3e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tests/test_urls.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, resolve
+from django.urls import reverse, resolve
 
 from test_plus.test import TestCase
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/urls.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/urls.py
index 600ccfbdf..7c83fab98 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/urls.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/urls.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import url
 
 from . import views
 
+app_name = 'users'
 urlpatterns = [
     url(
         regex=r'^$',
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/views.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/views.py
index 777f42b74..acde4a8fc 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/views.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView, RedirectView, UpdateView
-
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView, RedirectView, UpdateView
 
 from .models import User