diff --git a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
index d65e08f..ad32cce 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/synchronize.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ import os
 import errno
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote