diff --git a/lib/jekyll/tagging.rb b/lib/jekyll/tagging.rb
index 2637751..24af8c8 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/tagging.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/tagging.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Helpers
     # Substitutes any diacritics in _str_ with their ASCII equivalents,
     # whitespaces with dashes and converts _str_ to downcase.
     def jekyll_tagging_slug(str)
-      str.to_s.replace_diacritics.downcase.gsub(/\s/, '-')
+      Jekyll::Utils::slugify(str.to_s, mode: 'latin', cased: true)
     end
 
   end