diff --git a/cassandra/metadata.py b/cassandra/metadata.py
index 43399b7152..d9d782b6d2 100644
--- a/cassandra/metadata.py
+++ b/cassandra/metadata.py
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ class MD5Token(HashToken):
     def hash_fn(cls, key):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             key = key.encode('UTF-8')
-        return abs(varint_unpack(md5(key).digest()))
+        return abs(varint_unpack(md5(key,usedforsecurity=False).digest()))
 
 
 class BytesToken(Token):