diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 3336e17a9..404431d9d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ psycopg2==2.6.2
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Unicode slugification
-unicode-slugify==0.1.3
+awesome-slugify==1.6.5
 django-autoslug==1.9.3
 
 # Time zones support