diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc4a1cf..dac1c94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ namespaces = true
 # ----------------------------------------- Project Metadata -------------------------------------
 #
 [project]
-version = "0.0.0.dev68"
+version = "0.0.0.dev69"
 name = "PyLinks"
 dependencies = [
     "requests >= 2.31.0, < 3",
-    "ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev55",
-    "MDit == 0.0.0.dev55",
+    "ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev56",
+    "MDit == 0.0.0.dev56",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0152410..328fd27 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 requests >= 2.31.0, < 3
-ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev55
-MDit == 0.0.0.dev55
\ No newline at end of file
+ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev56
+MDit == 0.0.0.dev56
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pylinks/string.py b/src/pylinks/string.py
index 82726df..3db9fd2 100644
--- a/src/pylinks/string.py
+++ b/src/pylinks/string.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import unicodedata as _unicodedata
 
 
-def to_slug(string: str) -> str:
+def to_slug(string: str, reduce: bool = True) -> str:
     """Convert a string to a URL-friendly slug.
 
     This function performs unicode-normalization on the string,
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ def to_slug(string: str) -> str:
     # Decode back to a string
     ascii_string = ascii_bytes.decode('ascii')
     lower_case_string = ascii_string.lower()
-    return _re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9]+', '-', lower_case_string).strip('-')
+    if reduce:
+        return _re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9]+', '-', lower_case_string).strip('-')
+    return _re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9]', '-', lower_case_string)
 
 
 def camel_to_title(string: str) -> str: