diff --git a/flask/notejam/__init__.py b/flask/notejam/__init__.py
index 733f727e0..ceec080a2 100644
--- a/flask/notejam/__init__.py
+++ b/flask/notejam/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Flask
-from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
-from flask.ext.login import LoginManager
-from flask.ext.mail import Mail
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask_login import LoginManager
+from flask_mail import Mail
 from notejam.config import (
     Config,
     DevelopmentConfig,
diff --git a/flask/notejam/forms.py b/flask/notejam/forms.py
index 1dc839622..10a0a6c49 100644
--- a/flask/notejam/forms.py
+++ b/flask/notejam/forms.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from flask.ext.wtf import (Form, TextField, PasswordField,
+from flask_wtf import (Form)
+from wtforms import (TextField, PasswordField,
 SelectField, TextAreaField)
-from flask.ext.wtf import Required, Email, EqualTo, ValidationError
+from wtforms.validators import Required, Email, EqualTo, ValidationError
 
 from notejam.models import User, Pad
 
diff --git a/flask/notejam/models.py b/flask/notejam/models.py
index 3bd36d401..fa717ffba 100755
--- a/flask/notejam/models.py
+++ b/flask/notejam/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from werkzeug.security import (generate_password_hash,
 check_password_hash)
-from flask.ext.login import UserMixin
+from flask_login import UserMixin
 
 from notejam import db
 
diff --git a/flask/notejam/templates/base.html b/flask/notejam/templates/base.html
index f20662fb9..5a061688b 100644
--- a/flask/notejam/templates/base.html
+++ b/flask/notejam/templates/base.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <div class="container">
     <div class="sixteen columns">
       <div class="sign-in-out-block">
-        {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}
+        {% if current_user.is_authenticated %}
           {{ current_user.email}}:&nbsp; <a href="{{ url_for('account_settings') }}">Account settings</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="{{ url_for('signout') }}">Sign out</a>
         {% else %}
           <a href="{{ url_for('signup') }}">Sign up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="{{ url_for('signin') }}">Sign in</a>
diff --git a/flask/notejam/views.py b/flask/notejam/views.py
index 88a105d41..70a4dda6e 100644
--- a/flask/notejam/views.py
+++ b/flask/notejam/views.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from datetime import date
-import md5
+from hashlib import md5
 
 from flask import render_template, flash, request, redirect, url_for, abort
-from flask.ext.login import (login_user, login_required, logout_user,
+from flask_login import (login_user, login_required, logout_user,
 current_user)
-from flask.ext.mail import Message
+from flask_mail import Message
 
 from notejam import app, db, login_manager, mail
 from notejam.models import User, Note, Pad
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def forgot_password():
 @app.context_processor
 def inject_user_pads():
     ''' inject list of user pads in template context '''
-    if not current_user.is_anonymous():
+    if not current_user.is_anonymous:
         return dict(pads=current_user.pads.all())
     return dict(pads=[])
 
diff --git a/flask/requirements.txt b/flask/requirements.txt
index e99cd15fe..22bd28146 100644
--- a/flask/requirements.txt
+++ b/flask/requirements.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-Flask==0.9
-Flask-Login==0.1.3
-Flask-Mail==0.7.6
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==0.16
+Flask==1.1.2
+Flask-Login==0.5
+Flask-Mail==0.9.1
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.5.1
 Flask-Testing==0.4.2
-Flask-WTF==0.8.3
-Jinja2==2.6
-SQLAlchemy==0.8.0
+Flask-WTF==0.14.2
+Jinja2==3.0.0
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.15
 Tempita==0.5.1
-WTForms==1.0.3
-Werkzeug==0.8.3
+WTForms==2.1
+Werkzeug==0.16.1
 blinker==1.2
 decorator==3.4.0
 ipython==0.13.1
 sqlalchemy-migrate==0.7.2
-wsgiref==0.1.2