diff --git a/jasmin_services/forms.py b/jasmin_services/forms.py
index add6fff..4b9b9e7 100644
--- a/jasmin_services/forms.py
+++ b/jasmin_services/forms.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 
 import django.contrib.auth
+import django.utils.encoding
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.urls import reverse
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from markdown_deux.templatetags.markdown_deux_tags import markdown_allowed
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def __init__(self, switch_field_name, model_map, attrs=None):
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, renderer=None):
         if attrs is None:
             attrs = {}
-        value = force_text(value) if value else ""
+        value = django.utils.encoding.force_str(value) if value else ""
         attrs["class"] = "vForeignKeyRawIdAdminField"
         attrs["style"] = "width: 20em !important;"
         # Translate the model_map into an href_map
diff --git a/jasmin_services/views/service_list.py b/jasmin_services/views/service_list.py
index 984ca26..6ff85eb 100644
--- a/jasmin_services/views/service_list.py
+++ b/jasmin_services/views/service_list.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import urllib.parse
 
 from django import http
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@
 from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger, Paginator
 from django.db.models import Exists, OuterRef, Q
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_safe
 
 from ..models import Category, Grant, Request
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def service_list(request, category):
                 for service in page
             ],
             "page": page,
-            "preserved_filters": "query={}".format(urlquote(request.GET["query"]))
+            "preserved_filters": "query={}".format(urllib.parse.quote(request.GET["query"]))
             if "query" in request.GET
             else "",
         },
diff --git a/jasmin_services/widgets.py b/jasmin_services/widgets.py
index bee607f..67c81f9 100644
--- a/jasmin_services/widgets.py
+++ b/jasmin_services/widgets.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import json
 
 import django.urls
+import django.utils.encoding
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.urls.exceptions import NoReverseMatch
-from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 
 #####
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def generic_object_text(request):
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         content = "Object does not exist."
     else:
-        content = force_text(obj)
+        content = django.utils.encoding.force_str(obj)
     return HttpResponse(content=content, content_type="text/plain")
 
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def build_attrs(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ctype_url_map = {}
         for ctype in ContentType.objects.all():
             try:
-                ctype_url_map[force_text(ctype.pk)] = reverse(
+                ctype_url_map[django.utils.encoding.force_str(ctype.pk)] = reverse(
                     "admin:{}_{}_changelist".format(ctype.app_label, ctype.model),
                     current_app=self.admin_site.name,
                 )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ca986c..bc1766c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ python = "^3.9"
 
 # Dependencies of dependencies. Need to specify here so poetry knows where to get them from.
 jasmin-ldap = {git = "https://github.com/cedadev/jasmin-ldap.git", tag = "v1.0.0"}
-jasmin-django-utils = {git = "https://github.com/cedadev/jasmin-django-utils.git", tag = "v1.0.7" }# Also required for API.
+jasmin-django-utils = {git = "https://github.com/cedadev/jasmin-django-utils.git", tag = "v1.0.8" }# Also required for API.
 
 Django = ">=3.2,!=4.0,!=4.1,<4.3"
 django-bootstrap5 = "^23.1"