diff --git a/docs/.eleventy.js b/docs/.eleventy.js
index eee65d75962..1bd1de1af2f 100644
--- a/docs/.eleventy.js
+++ b/docs/.eleventy.js
@@ -64,23 +64,12 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
 
     eleventyConfig.addFilter("jsonify", variable => JSON.stringify(variable));
 
-    /**
-     * Takes in a string and converts to a slug
-     * @param {string} text text to be converted into slug
-     * @returns {string} slug to be used as anchors
-     */
-    function slugify(text) {
-        return slug(text.replace(/[<>()[\]{}]/gu, ""))
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex -- used regex from https://github.com/eslint/archive-website/blob/master/_11ty/plugins/markdown-plugins.js#L37
-            .replace(/[^\u{00}-\u{FF}]/gu, "");
-    }
-
     eleventyConfig.addFilter("slugify", str => {
         if (!str) {
             return "";
         }
 
-        return slugify(str);
+        return slug(str);
     });
 
     eleventyConfig.addFilter("URIencode", str => {
@@ -193,7 +182,7 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
     const markdownIt = require("markdown-it");
     const md = markdownIt({ html: true, linkify: true, typographer: true, highlight: (str, lang) => highlighter(md, str, lang) })
         .use(markdownItAnchor, {
-            slugify
+            slugify: s => slug(s)
         })
         .use(markdownItContainer, "img-container", {})
         .use(markdownItContainer, "correct", {})
diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index b60c08f5dd8..e0defad6d23 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "eleventy-plugin-nesting-toc": "^1.3.0",
         "eleventy-plugin-page-assets": "^0.3.0",
         "eleventy-plugin-reading-time": "^0.0.1",
-        "github-slugger": "^1.4.0",
+        "github-slugger": "^1.5.0",
         "imagemin": "^8.0.1",
         "imagemin-cli": "^7.0.0",
         "js-yaml": "^3.14.1",