diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5f9341d048c..b594e035b04 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Do not format `__pypackages__` directories by default (#2836)
 - Add support for specifying stable version with `--required-version` (#2832).
 - Avoid crashing when the user has no homedir (#2814)
+- Avoid crashing when md5 is not available (#2905)
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/src/black/mode.py b/src/black/mode.py
index 6d45e3dc4da..455ed36e27e 100644
--- a/src/black/mode.py
+++ b/src/black/mode.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 chosen by the user.
 """
 
-from hashlib import md5
+from hashlib import sha256
 import sys
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ def get_cache_key(self) -> str:
             str(int(self.magic_trailing_comma)),
             str(int(self.experimental_string_processing)),
             str(int(self.preview)),
-            md5((",".join(sorted(self.python_cell_magics))).encode()).hexdigest(),
+            sha256((",".join(sorted(self.python_cell_magics))).encode()).hexdigest(),
         ]
         return ".".join(parts)