diff --git a/invenio_config_tugraz/config.py b/invenio_config_tugraz/config.py
index 92be68a..4eae1ce 100644
--- a/invenio_config_tugraz/config.py
+++ b/invenio_config_tugraz/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Graz University of Technology.
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Graz University of Technology.
 #
 # invenio-config-tugraz is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 """invenio module that adds tugraz configs."""
 
-from flask_babelex import gettext as _
+from invenio_i18n import gettext as _
 
 INVENIO_CONFIG_TUGRAZ_SHIBBOLETH = False
 """Set True if SAML is configured"""
diff --git a/invenio_config_tugraz/views.py b/invenio_config_tugraz/views.py
index 0f66ed9..43fae79 100644
--- a/invenio_config_tugraz/views.py
+++ b/invenio_config_tugraz/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """invenio module for TUGRAZ config."""
 
 from flask import Blueprint, current_app, redirect, url_for
-from flask_babelex import get_locale
+from invenio_i18n import get_locale
 
 
 def ui_blueprint(app):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d6aa59f..06a3a92 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,20 +33,20 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 zip_safe = False
 install_requires =
     # keep this dependencies identical to invenio-app-rdm
-    invenio-rdm-records>=1.1.0,<2.0.0
-    invenio-cache>=1.1.1,<1.2.0
-    flask-babel>=2,<3
+    invenio-cache>=1.1.1,<2.0.0
+    invenio-i18n>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
+    invenio-rdm-records>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 tests =
     pytest-black>=0.3.0
-    Sphinx>=4.5.0
     pytest-invenio>=2.1.0,<3.0.0
     invenio-search[opensearch2]>=2.1.0,<3.0.0
+    Sphinx>=4.5.0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 invenio_base.apps =
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 51cb1eb..973bf0a 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import tempfile
 
 import pytest
 from flask import Flask
-from flask_babelex import Babel
 from invenio_db import InvenioDB, db
+from invenio_i18n import InvenioI18N
 from sqlalchemy_utils.functions import create_database, database_exists, drop_database
 
 from invenio_config_tugraz import InvenioConfigTugraz
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def create_app(request):
         SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=DB,
         SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS=False,
     )
-    Babel(app)
+    InvenioI18N(app)
     InvenioConfigTugraz(app)
     InvenioDB(app)