diff --git a/dateparser/conf.py b/dateparser/conf.py
index 1548b7c28..48e613d9d 100644
--- a/dateparser/conf.py
+++ b/dateparser/conf.py
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ def get_key(cls, settings=None):
             return "default"
 
         keys = sorted(["%s-%s" % (key, str(settings[key])) for key in settings])
-        return hashlib.md5("".join(keys).encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.new(
+            "md5", "".join(keys).encode("utf-8"), usedforsecurity=False
+        ).hexdigest()
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_settings_from_pyfile(cls):