diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 2e2957583..df55876ca 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "preview-email": "^3.1.0",
     "pug": "^3.0.3",
     "sanitize-html": "~2.17.0",
-    "slug": "~9.1.0",
+    "slugify": "^1.6.6",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "tslog": "^4.9.3",
     "uuid": "~9.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/db/factories.ts b/backend/src/db/factories.ts
index d1b93b7e5..d74b9d0ea 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/factories.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/factories.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
 import { Factory } from 'rosie'
-import slugify from 'slug'
+import slugify from 'slugify'
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 
 import { generateInviteCode } from '@graphql/resolvers/inviteCodes'
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/attachments/attachments.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/attachments/attachments.ts
index 6a961dfe7..348f7a1a0 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/attachments/attachments.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/attachments/attachments.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'node:path'
 
 import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server-express'
-import slug from 'slug'
+import slug from 'slugify'
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 
 import type { S3Config } from '@config/index'
diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/images/imagesS3.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/images/imagesS3.ts
index 6c154f89a..00dbc0d41 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/images/imagesS3.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolvers/images/imagesS3.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 
 import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server'
 import { FileUpload } from 'graphql-upload'
-import slug from 'slug'
+import slug from 'slugify'
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 
 import type { S3Config } from '@config/index'
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/slugify/uniqueSlug.ts b/backend/src/middleware/slugify/uniqueSlug.ts
index 8f540a6ab..7880ece5c 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/slugify/uniqueSlug.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/slugify/uniqueSlug.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import slugify from 'slug'
+import slugify from 'slugify'
+
+slugify.extend({ Ä: 'AE', ä: 'ae', Ö: 'OE', ö: 'oe', Ü: 'UE', ü: 'ue', ß: 'ss' })
 
 type IsUnique = (slug: string) => Promise<boolean>
 export default async function uniqueSlug(str: string, isUnique: IsUnique) {
   const slug = slugify(str || 'anonymous', {
     lower: true,
-    multicharmap: { Ä: 'AE', ä: 'ae', Ö: 'OE', ö: 'oe', Ü: 'UE', ü: 'ue', ß: 'ss' },
+    remove: /[*+~.()'"!:@]/g,
   })
   if (await isUnique(slug)) return slug
 
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 1ca564bf6..d28f1b742 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -10398,10 +10398,10 @@ slug@^8.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-8.2.2.tgz#33b019a857a11fc4773c1e9a9f60e3da651a9e5d"
   integrity sha512-5ByW6qXqPeG0Tmlkh24JhdXhvQsbaJSjVr3GgGxUV0BSskZKKBZZfFWxezap8+fh1vxBN9GVbqI1V6nqAFxlBg==
 
-slug@~9.1.0:
-  version "9.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slug/-/slug-9.1.0.tgz#246baf1e9d8e821f7f5863a7c8bdd86a7ec3f12c"
-  integrity sha512-ioOsCfzQSu+D6NZ8XMCR8IW9FgvF8W7Xzz56hBkB/ALvNaWeBs2MUvvPugq3GCrxfHPFeK6hAxGkY/WLnfX2Lg==
+slugify@^1.6.6:
+  version "1.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slugify/-/slugify-1.6.6.tgz#2d4ac0eacb47add6af9e04d3be79319cbcc7924b"
+  integrity sha512-h+z7HKHYXj6wJU+AnS/+IH8Uh9fdcX1Lrhg1/VMdf9PwoBQXFcXiAdsy2tSK0P6gKwJLXp02r90ahUCqHk9rrw==
 
 smart-buffer@^4.2.0:
   version "4.2.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 795b25ec9..031fae5d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "neo4j-driver": "^4.3.4",
     "neode": "^0.4.8",
     "rosie": "^2.1.0",
-    "slug": "^10.0.0"
+    "slugify": "^1.6.6"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "@vuepress/bundler-vite": "^2.0.0-rc.18",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5e296d0ee..546dff28d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7743,10 +7743,10 @@ slimsearch@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/slimsearch/-/slimsearch-2.1.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-l1utJWal8F/RIheYk88DE2+enI12nIrn5SHt4ih/CNAH81PzkTv2GVBODlLynDJb7xan5hjd8XTL5f0L4cxLQA==
 
-slug@^10.0.0:
-  version "10.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/slug/-/slug-10.0.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-M8s2PWOUeSCdD4S1NH5lCzXg2zFV1fozrtfr0FSKl65x+EF1rUowj+/vyFlnHgxPxWzT+DL0VXKfYc1DHJoymg==
+slugify@^1.6.6:
+  version "1.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slugify/-/slugify-1.6.6.tgz#2d4ac0eacb47add6af9e04d3be79319cbcc7924b"
+  integrity sha512-h+z7HKHYXj6wJU+AnS/+IH8Uh9fdcX1Lrhg1/VMdf9PwoBQXFcXiAdsy2tSK0P6gKwJLXp02r90ahUCqHk9rrw==
 
 source-map-js@^1.2.0, source-map-js@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"