diff --git a/core/migrations/0030_alter_category_slug.py b/core/migrations/0030_alter_category_slug.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b46497e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/migrations/0030_alter_category_slug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2 on 2025-06-21 16:34
+
+import django_extensions.db.fields
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("core", "0029_alter_category_slug"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="category",
+            name="slug",
+            field=django_extensions.db.fields.AutoSlugField(
+                allow_unicode=True,
+                blank=True,
+                editable=False,
+                null=True,
+                populate_from=("uuid", "name"),
+                unique=True,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/core/models.py b/core/models.py
index e50923d9..5b436d03 100644
--- a/core/models.py
+++ b/core/models.py
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ class Category(ExportModelOperationsMixin("category"), NiceModel, MPTTModel):
     )
 
     slug: str = AutoSlugField(  # type: ignore
-        populate_from=("name",),
+        populate_from=(
+            "uuid",
+            "name",
+        ),
         allow_unicode=True,
         unique=True,
         editable=False,