diff --git a/airbyte-commons-server/build.gradle.kts b/airbyte-commons-server/build.gradle.kts
index 11b7e696d8..c434b7f32a 100644
--- a/airbyte-commons-server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/airbyte-commons-server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.aws.java.sdk.s3)
   implementation(libs.sts)
   implementation(libs.bundles.apache)
-  implementation(libs.slugify)
   implementation(libs.quartz.scheduler)
   implementation(libs.temporal.sdk)
   implementation(libs.swagger.annotations)
diff --git a/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/commons/server/handlers/WorkspacesHandler.java b/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/commons/server/handlers/WorkspacesHandler.java
index 8e20393c65..085b0ed21f 100644
--- a/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/commons/server/handlers/WorkspacesHandler.java
+++ b/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/java/io/airbyte/commons/server/handlers/WorkspacesHandler.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import static io.airbyte.config.persistence.ConfigNotFoundException.NO_ORGANIZATION_FOR_WORKSPACE;
 
-import com.github.slugify.Slugify;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 import io.airbyte.commons.server.errors.InternalServerKnownException;
 import io.airbyte.commons.server.errors.ValueConflictKnownException;
 import io.airbyte.commons.server.handlers.helpers.WorkspaceHelpersKt;
+import io.airbyte.commons.server.slug.Slug;
 import io.airbyte.config.Organization;
 import io.airbyte.config.ScopeType;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardWorkspace;
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public class WorkspacesHandler {
   private final SourceHandler sourceHandler;
   private final Supplier<UUID> uuidSupplier;
   private final WorkspaceService workspaceService;
-  private final Slugify slugify;
   private final TrackingClient trackingClient;
   private final ApiPojoConverters apiPojoConverters;
 
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ public WorkspacesHandler(final WorkspacePersistence workspacePersistence,
     this.sourceHandler = sourceHandler;
     this.uuidSupplier = uuidSupplier;
     this.workspaceService = workspaceService;
-    this.slugify = new Slugify();
     this.trackingClient = trackingClient;
     this.apiPojoConverters = apiPojoConverters;
   }
@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ private WorkspaceOrganizationInfoRead buildWorkspaceOrganizationInfoRead(final O
   }
 
   private String generateUniqueSlug(final String workspaceName) throws IOException {
-    final String proposedSlug = slugify.slugify(workspaceName);
+    final String proposedSlug = Slug.slugify(workspaceName);
 
     // todo (cgardens) - this is going to be too expensive once there are too many workspaces. needs to
     // be replaced with an actual sql query. e.g. SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE slug=%s;
diff --git a/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/Slug.kt b/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/Slug.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39d7f7a31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-commons-server/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/Slug.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+@file:JvmName("Slug")
+
+package io.airbyte.commons.server.slug
+
+import java.text.Normalizer
+
+fun slugify(s: String): String =
+  if (s.isBlank()) {
+    ""
+  } else {
+    normalize(replace(s.trim())).lowercase()
+  }
+
+private fun replace(s: String): String =
+  s
+    .toCharArray()
+    .map { replacements[it] ?: it }
+    .joinToString("")
+
+private fun normalize(s: String): String =
+  Normalizer
+    .normalize(s, Normalizer.Form.NFKD)
+    .let { PATTERN_NORMALIZE_NON_ASCII.replace(it, "") }
+    .let { PATTERN_NORMALIZE_HYPHEN_SEPARATOR.replace(it, "-") }
+    .let { PATTERN_NORMALIZE_TRIM_DASH.replace(it, "") }
+
+private val PATTERN_NORMALIZE_NON_ASCII = "[^\\p{ASCII}]+".toRegex()
+private val PATTERN_NORMALIZE_HYPHEN_SEPARATOR = "[\\W\\s+]+".toRegex()
+private val PATTERN_NORMALIZE_TRIM_DASH = "^-|-$".toRegex()
+
+// replacements are based on the previous slugify implementation
+private val replacements: Map<Char, String> =
+  buildMap {
+    // German
+    put('\u00c4', "Ae")
+    put('\u00e4', "ae")
+    put('\u00d6', "Oe")
+    put('\u00f6', "oe")
+    put('\u00dc', "Ue")
+    put('\u00fc', "ue")
+    put('\u00df', "ss")
+
+    // Nordic
+    put('\u00e5', "aa")
+    put('\u00c5', "Aa")
+    put('\u00e6', "ae")
+    put('\u00c6', "Ae")
+    put('\u00f8', "oe")
+    put('\u00d8', "Oe")
+
+    // Turkish
+    put('\u011e', "g")
+    put('\u011f', "g")
+    put('\u0130', "i")
+    put('\u0131', "i")
+    put('\u015e', "s")
+    put('\u015f', "s")
+
+    // Cyrillic
+    put('\u0410', "A")
+    put('\u0411', "B")
+    put('\u0412', "V")
+    put('\u0413', "G")
+    put('\u0414', "D")
+    put('\u0415', "E")
+    put('\u0416', "Zh")
+    put('\u0417', "Z")
+    put('\u0418', "I")
+    put('\u0419', "J")
+    put('\u041a', "K")
+    put('\u041b', "L")
+    put('\u041c', "M")
+    put('\u041d', "N")
+    put('\u041e', "O")
+    put('\u041f', "P")
+    put('\u0420', "R")
+    put('\u0421', "S")
+    put('\u0422', "T")
+    put('\u0423', "U")
+    put('\u0424', "F")
+    put('\u0425', "H")
+    put('\u0426', "Ts")
+    put('\u0427', "Ch")
+    put('\u0428', "Sh")
+    put('\u0429', "Shch")
+    put('\u042a', "'")
+    put('\u042b', "Y")
+    put('\u042c', "'")
+    put('\u042d', "E")
+    put('\u042e', "Yu")
+    put('\u042f', "Ya")
+    put('\u0430', "a")
+    put('\u0431', "b")
+    put('\u0432', "v")
+    put('\u0433', "g")
+    put('\u0434', "d")
+    put('\u0435', "e")
+    put('\u0436', "zh")
+    put('\u0437', "z")
+    put('\u0438', "i")
+    put('\u0439', "j")
+    put('\u043a', "k")
+    put('\u043b', "l")
+    put('\u043c', "m")
+    put('\u043d', "n")
+    put('\u043e', "o")
+    put('\u043f', "p")
+    put('\u0440', "r")
+    put('\u0441', "s")
+    put('\u0442', "t")
+    put('\u0443', "u")
+    put('\u0444', "f")
+    put('\u0445', "h")
+    put('\u0446', "ts")
+    put('\u0447', "ch")
+    put('\u0448', "sh")
+    put('\u0449', "shch")
+    put('\u044a', "'")
+    put('\u044b', "y")
+    put('\u044c', "'")
+    put('\u044d', "e")
+    put('\u044e', "yu")
+    put('\u044f', "ya")
+
+    // Polish
+    put('\u0141', "L")
+    put('\u0142', "l")
+
+    // Greek
+    put('\u0391', "A")
+    put('\u0392', "B")
+    put('\u0393', "G")
+    put('\u0394', "D")
+    put('\u0395', "E")
+    put('\u0396', "Z")
+    put('\u0397', "H")
+    put('\u0398', "TH")
+    put('\u0399', "I")
+    put('\u039A', "K")
+    put('\u039B', "L")
+    put('\u039C', "M")
+    put('\u039D', "N")
+    put('\u039E', "KS")
+    put('\u039F', "O")
+    put('\u03A0', "P")
+    put('\u03A1', "R")
+    put('\u03A3', "S")
+    put('\u03A4', "T")
+    put('\u03A5', "Y")
+    put('\u03A6', "F")
+    put('\u03A7', "X")
+    put('\u03A8', "PS")
+    put('\u03A9', "W")
+
+    put('\u03B1', "a")
+    put('\u03B2', "b")
+    put('\u03B3', "g")
+    put('\u03B4', "d")
+    put('\u03B5', "e")
+    put('\u03B6', "z")
+    put('\u03B7', "h")
+    put('\u03B8', "th")
+    put('\u03B9', "i")
+    put('\u03BA', "k")
+    put('\u03BB', "l")
+    put('\u03BC', "m")
+    put('\u03BD', "n")
+    put('\u03BE', "ks")
+    put('\u03BF', "o")
+    put('\u03C0', "p")
+    put('\u03C1', "r")
+    put('\u03C2', "s")
+    put('\u03C3', "s")
+    put('\u03C4', "t")
+    put('\u03C5', "y")
+    put('\u03C6', "f")
+    put('\u03C7', "x")
+    put('\u03C8', "ps")
+    put('\u03C9', "w")
+
+    put('\u0386', "A")
+    put('\u0388', "E")
+    put('\u0389', "H")
+    put('\u038A', "I")
+    put('\u038C', "O")
+    put('\u038E', "Y")
+    put('\u038F', "W")
+
+    put('\u03AC', "a")
+    put('\u03AD', "e")
+    put('\u03AE', "h")
+    put('\u03CC', "o")
+    put('\u03AF', "i")
+    put('\u03CD', "y")
+    put('\u03CE', "w")
+
+    put('\u03AA', "I")
+    put('\u03AB', "Y")
+    put('\u03CA', "i")
+    put('\u03CB', "u")
+    put('\u03B0', "u")
+    put('\u0390', "i")
+
+    // Arabic
+    put('\u0623', "a")
+    put('\u0628', "b")
+    put('\u062A', "t")
+    put('\u062B', "th")
+    put('\u062C', "g")
+    put('\u062D', "h")
+    put('\u062E', "kh")
+    put('\u062F', "d")
+    put('\u0630', "th")
+    put('\u0631', "r")
+    put('\u0632', "z")
+    put('\u0633', "s")
+    put('\u0634', "sh")
+    put('\u0635', "s")
+    put('\u0636', "d")
+    put('\u0637', "t")
+    put('\u0638', "th")
+    put('\u0639', "aa")
+    put('\u063A', "gh")
+    put('\u0641', "f")
+    put('\u0642', "k")
+    put('\u0643', "k")
+    put('\u0644', "l")
+    put('\u0645', "m")
+    put('\u0646', "n")
+    put('\u0647', "h")
+    put('\u0648', "o")
+    put('\u064A', "y")
+  }
diff --git a/airbyte-commons-server/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/SlugTest.kt b/airbyte-commons-server/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/SlugTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08133dbd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-commons-server/src/test/kotlin/io/airbyte/commons/server/slug/SlugTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.airbyte.commons.server.slug
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource
+
+class SlugTest {
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @CsvSource(
+    "airbyte, airbyte",
+    "Cole's Test, cole-s-test",
+    "&&#$*)&hajskfjhj uadh .; h8849r7, hajskfjhj-uadh-h8849r7",
+    "'', ''",
+    "ßtest √ß√√ test, sstest-ss-test",
+  )
+  fun `verify slug`(
+    input: String,
+    expected: String,
+  ) {
+    assertEquals(expected, slugify(input))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-server/build.gradle.kts b/airbyte-server/build.gradle.kts
index b3425f37ce..20de9c1a59 100644
--- a/airbyte-server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/airbyte-server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.aws.java.sdk.s3)
   implementation(libs.aws.java.sdk.sts)
   implementation(libs.reactor.core)
-  implementation(libs.slugify)
   implementation(libs.temporal.sdk)
   implementation(libs.bundles.datadog)
   implementation(libs.sentry.java)
diff --git a/deps.toml b/deps.toml
index e1a66a8755..9f8cf0e4ac 100644
--- a/deps.toml
+++ b/deps.toml
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ sendgrid-java = { module = "com.sendgrid:sendgrid-java", version = "4.0.1" }
 sentry-java = { module = "io.sentry:sentry", version.ref = "sentry" }
 slf4j-api = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-api", version.ref = "slf4j" }
 slf4j-simple = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple", version.ref = "slf4j" }
-slugify = { module = "com.github.slugify:slugify", version = "2.4" }
 snakeyaml = { module = "org.yaml:snakeyaml", version = "2.2" }
 spotbugs-annotations = { module = "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations", version = "4.8.6" }
 spring-core = { module = "org.springframework:spring-core", version = "6.1.6" }