diff --git a/radicale/auth/htpasswd.py b/radicale/auth/htpasswd.py
index 3f1c7858..0d2ce164 100644
--- a/radicale/auth/htpasswd.py
+++ b/radicale/auth/htpasswd.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Auth(auth.BaseAuth):
             # A call to `encrypt` raises passlib.exc.MissingBackendError with a
             # good error message if bcrypt backend is not available. Trigger
             # this here.
-            bcrypt.encrypt("test-bcrypt-backend")
+            bcrypt.hash("test-bcrypt-backend")
             self.verify = functools.partial(self._bcrypt, bcrypt)
         elif self.encryption == "crypt":
             try:
diff --git a/radicale/tests/test_auth.py b/radicale/tests/test_auth.py
index 4aae5b78..a655b25a 100644
--- a/radicale/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/radicale/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class TestBaseAuthRequests(BaseTest):
         except ImportError:
             pytest.skip("passlib is not installed")
         try:
-            bcrypt.encrypt("test-bcrypt-backend")
+            bcrypt.hash("test-bcrypt-backend")
         except MissingBackendError:
             pytest.skip("bcrypt backend for passlib is not installed")
         self._test_htpasswd(