diff --git a/rest_framework_simplejwt/utils.py b/rest_framework_simplejwt/utils.py
index 48e950ad6..f1c4d3ae3 100644
--- a/rest_framework_simplejwt/utils.py
+++ b/rest_framework_simplejwt/utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 from calendar import timegm
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
-from django.utils.timezone import is_naive, make_aware, utc
+from django.utils.timezone import is_naive, make_aware
 
 
 def make_utc(dt):
     if settings.USE_TZ and is_naive(dt):
-        return make_aware(dt, timezone=utc)
+        return make_aware(dt, timezone=timezone.utc)
 
     return dt