diff --git i/dput/configfile.py w/dput/configfile.py
index b644365..af26be0 100644
--- i/dput/configfile.py
+++ w/dput/configfile.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import collections
 import os.path
 import sys
 
-import xdg
+import xdg.BaseDirectory
 
 
 class ConfigurationError(RuntimeError):
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ConfigurationError(RuntimeError):
 default_config_paths = collections.OrderedDict([
         ('global', os.path.join(os.path.sep, "etc", "dput.cf")),
         ('user_xdg', os.path.join(
-            xdg.xdg_config_home(), "dput", "dput.cf")),
+            xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home, "dput", "dput.cf")),
         ('user_home', os.path.join(
             os.path.expanduser("~"), ".dput.cf")),
 ])
diff --git i/test/test_configfile.py w/test/test_configfile.py
index d6a4c7e..1a6d296 100644
--- i/test/test_configfile.py
+++ w/test/test_configfile.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import unittest.mock
 import testscenarios
 import testtools
 import testtools.matchers
-import xdg
+import xdg.BaseDirectory
 
 import dput.configfile
 import dput.dput
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def make_config_file_scenarios(config_file_paths=None):
     global_config_file_path = config_file_paths.get(
             'global', os.path.join(os.path.sep, "etc", "dput.cf"))
     user_xdg_config_file_path = config_file_paths.get(
-            'user_xdg', os.path.join(xdg.xdg_config_home(), "dput", "dput.cf"))
+            'user_xdg', os.path.join(xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_config_home, "dput", "dput.cf"))
     user_home_config_file_path = config_file_paths.get(
             'user_home', os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".dput.cf"))