diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 5ee74a8..c55a939 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ mock==2.0.0
 pytest==3.5.0
 pytest-flake8
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
-falcon==3.0.0
+falcon==2.0.0; python_version<"3.0"
+falcon==3.0.0; python_version>="3.0"
 flask
 django==2.2.18; python_version>="3.0"
 requests==2.22.0
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py
index 6513356..5ad0503 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def response_factory(environ_factory):
             data, status_code=200, content_type='application/json'):
         options = ResponseOptions()
         resp = Response(options)
-        resp.text = data
+        resp.body = data
         resp.content_type = content_type
         resp.status = HTTP_200
         return resp
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_middlewares.py b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_middlewares.py
index b55a78b..a234835 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_middlewares.py
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_middlewares.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from json import dumps
 
-from falcon import App
+from falcon import API as App
 from falcon.testing import TestClient
 import pytest
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class TestFalconOpenAPIMiddleware(object):
             })
             response.content_type = MEDIA_HTML
             response.status = HTTP_200
-            response.text = 'success'
+            response.body = 'success'
         self.view_response_callable = view_response_callable
         headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
         result = client.simulate_get(
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestFalconOpenAPIMiddleware(object):
             })
             response.status = HTTP_200
             response.content_type = MEDIA_JSON
-            response.text = dumps({
+            response.body = dumps({
                 'data': 'data',
             })
         self.view_response_callable = view_response_callable