diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 165c8f6933f7f..33586e67feec5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tstranex/u2f v1.0.0
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.10 // indirect
 	github.com/unknwon/com v1.0.1
-	github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20200823051745-09abd91c7f2c
+	github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20210321134014-0ebbf2df1c44
 	github.com/unknwon/paginater v0.0.0-20200328080006-042474bd0eae
 	github.com/unrolled/render v1.0.3
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 09dc22e8f00cf..cf7148fbbeadc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.10/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0o
 github.com/unknwon/com v0.0.0-20190804042917-757f69c95f3e/go.mod h1:tOOxU81rwgoCLoOVVPHb6T/wt8HZygqH5id+GNnlCXM=
 github.com/unknwon/com v1.0.1 h1:3d1LTxD+Lnf3soQiD4Cp/0BRB+Rsa/+RTvz8GMMzIXs=
 github.com/unknwon/com v1.0.1/go.mod h1:tOOxU81rwgoCLoOVVPHb6T/wt8HZygqH5id+GNnlCXM=
-github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20200823051745-09abd91c7f2c h1:679/gJXwrsHC3RATr0YYjZvDMJPYN7W9FGSGNoLmKxM=
-github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20200823051745-09abd91c7f2c/go.mod h1:+5rDk6sDGpl3azws3O+f+GpFSyN9GVr0K8cvQLQM2ZQ=
+github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20210321134014-0ebbf2df1c44 h1:7bSo/vjZKVYUoZfxpYh9Y9JV+9hi1gYJp4WIykhrZag=
+github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20210321134014-0ebbf2df1c44/go.mod h1:+5rDk6sDGpl3azws3O+f+GpFSyN9GVr0K8cvQLQM2ZQ=
 github.com/unknwon/paginater v0.0.0-20200328080006-042474bd0eae h1:ihaXiJkaca54IaCSnEXtE/uSZOmPxKZhDfVLrzZLFDs=
 github.com/unknwon/paginater v0.0.0-20200328080006-042474bd0eae/go.mod h1:1fdkY6xxl6ExVs2QFv7R0F5IRZHKA8RahhB9fMC9RvM=
 github.com/unrolled/render v1.0.3 h1:baO+NG1bZSF2WR4zwh+0bMWauWky7DVrTOfvE2w+aFo=
diff --git a/modules/translation/translation.go b/modules/translation/translation.go
index b7276e53c0149..dec48c7a657b2 100644
--- a/modules/translation/translation.go
+++ b/modules/translation/translation.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 package translation
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/options"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@ func AllLangs() []LangType {
 
 // InitLocales loads the locales
 func InitLocales() {
+	i18n.Reset()
 	localeNames, err := options.Dir("locale")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Failed to list locale files: %v", err)
@@ -60,12 +59,7 @@ func InitLocales() {
 	for i := range setting.Names {
 		key := "locale_" + setting.Langs[i] + ".ini"
 		if err = i18n.SetMessageWithDesc(setting.Langs[i], setting.Names[i], localFiles[key]); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, i18n.ErrLangAlreadyExist) {
-				// just log if lang is already loaded since we can not reload it
-				log.Warn("Can not load language '%s' since already loaded", setting.Langs[i])
-			} else {
-				log.Error("Failed to set messages to %s: %v", setting.Langs[i], err)
-			}
+			log.Error("Failed to set messages to %s: %v", setting.Langs[i], err)
 		}
 	}
 	i18n.SetDefaultLang("en-US")
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/unknwon/i18n/i18n.go b/vendor/github.com/unknwon/i18n/i18n.go
index cfe982f5f7df9..bdb8ee7923ccc 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/unknwon/i18n/i18n.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/unknwon/i18n/i18n.go
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ func SetMessageWithDesc(lang, langDesc string, localeFile interface{}, otherLoca
 	return err
 }
 
+// Reset resets locale store.
+func Reset() {
+	locales = &localeStore{store: make(map[string]*locale)}
+}
+
 // SetMessage sets the message file for localization.
 func SetMessage(lang string, localeFile interface{}, otherLocaleFiles ...interface{}) error {
 	return SetMessageWithDesc(lang, lang, localeFile, otherLocaleFiles...)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 7069aaffef27c..96ac0b77d9a05 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ github.com/ulikunitz/xz/lzma
 # github.com/unknwon/com v1.0.1
 ## explicit
 github.com/unknwon/com
-# github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20200823051745-09abd91c7f2c
+# github.com/unknwon/i18n v0.0.0-20210321134014-0ebbf2df1c44
 ## explicit
 github.com/unknwon/i18n
 # github.com/unknwon/paginater v0.0.0-20200328080006-042474bd0eae