diff --git a/helpers/general.go b/helpers/general.go
index af854041d..fa65265b8 100644
--- a/helpers/general.go
+++ b/helpers/general.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 
 	"github.com/jdkato/prose/transform"
@@ -257,6 +258,14 @@ func SliceToLower(s []string) []string {
 	return l
 }
 
+// XxHashString takes a string and returns its xxHash hash.
+func XxHashString(f string) string {
+	h := xxhash.New()
+	h.WriteString(f)
+	hash := h.Sum(nil)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hash)
+}
+
 // MD5String takes a string and returns its MD5 hash.
 func MD5String(f string) string {
 	h := md5.New()
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_ast_transformers.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_ast_transformers.go
index 57730f82e..9eee64235 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_ast_transformers.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_ast_transformers.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (c *templateContext) handleDefer(withNode *parse.WithNode) {
 		c.err = errors.New("resources.PostProcess cannot be used in a deferred template")
 		return
 	}
-	innerHash := helpers.MD5String(s)
+	innerHash := helpers.XxHashString(s)
 	deferredID := tpl.HugoDeferredTemplatePrefix + innerHash
 
 	c.deferNodes[deferredID] = inner