diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 65d736d3..95c090ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 moka = { version = "0.12", features = ["future", "sync"] }
 http-range-header = "0.4"
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "gif", "webp"] }
-md5 = "0.8.0"
+md-5 = "0.10"
 sha2 = "0.10.9"
 blake3 = { version = "1.8.3", features = ["rayon"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/services/chunked_upload_service.rs b/src/infrastructure/services/chunked_upload_service.rs
index cfd94491..c8311487 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/services/chunked_upload_service.rs
+++ b/src/infrastructure/services/chunked_upload_service.rs
@@ -496,7 +496,10 @@ impl ChunkedUploadService {
         if let Some(ref expected_checksum) = checksum {
             let data_clone = data.clone(); // Bytes::clone is O(1) — just an Arc increment
             let actual_checksum =
-                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || format!("{:x}", md5::compute(&data_clone)))
+                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                    use md5::{Md5, Digest};
+                    format!("{:x}", Md5::digest(&data_clone))
+                })
                     .await
                     .map_err(|e| format!("MD5 checksum task failed: {e}"))?;