diff --git a/functions/slack/config.default.json b/functions/slack/config.default.json
index 349305e826..ca8017b328 100644
--- a/functions/slack/config.default.json
+++ b/functions/slack/config.default.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "SLACK_TOKEN": "[YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN]",
+  "SLACK_SECRET": "[YOUR_SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET]",
   "KG_API_KEY": "[YOUR_KG_API_KEY]"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/functions/slack/index.js b/functions/slack/index.js
index 9cb9839e55..485b05076e 100644
--- a/functions/slack/index.js
+++ b/functions/slack/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 // [START functions_slack_setup]
 const config = require('./config.json');
 const {google} = require('googleapis');
+const {verifyRequestSignature} = require('@slack/events-api');
 
 // Get a reference to the Knowledge Graph Search component
 const kgsearch = google.kgsearch('v1');
@@ -87,11 +88,19 @@ const formatSlackMessage = (query, response) => {
 /**
  * Verify that the webhook request came from Slack.
  *
- * @param {object} body The body of the request.
- * @param {string} body.token The Slack token to be verified.
+ * @param {object} req Cloud Function request object.
+ * @param {string} req.headers Headers Slack SDK uses to authenticate request.
+ * @param {string} req.rawBody Raw body of webhook request to check signature against.
  */
-const verifyWebhook = body => {
-  if (!body || body.token !== config.SLACK_TOKEN) {
+const verifyWebhook = req => {
+  const signature = {
+    signingSecret: config.SLACK_SECRET,
+    requestSignature: req.headers['x-slack-signature'],
+    requestTimestamp: req.headers['x-slack-request-timestamp'],
+    body: req.rawBody,
+  };
+
+  if (!verifyRequestSignature(signature)) {
     const error = new Error('Invalid credentials');
     error.code = 401;
     throw error;
@@ -132,15 +141,12 @@ const makeSearchRequest = query => {
 /**
  * Receive a Slash Command request from Slack.
  *
- * Trigger this function by making a POST request with a payload to:
+ * Trigger this function by creating a Slack slash command with this URL:
  * https://[YOUR_REGION].[YOUR_PROJECT_ID].cloudfunctions.net/kgsearch
  *
- * @example
- * curl -X POST "https://us-central1.your-project-id.cloudfunctions.net/kgSearch" --data '{"token":"[YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN]","text":"giraffe"}'
- *
  * @param {object} req Cloud Function request object.
  * @param {object} req.body The request payload.
- * @param {string} req.body.token Slack's verification token.
+ * @param {string} req.rawBody Raw request payload used to validate Slack's message signature.
  * @param {string} req.body.text The user's search query.
  * @param {object} res Cloud Function response object.
  */
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ exports.kgSearch = async (req, res) => {
     }
 
     // Verify that this request came from Slack
-    verifyWebhook(req.body);
+    verifyWebhook(req);
 
     // Make the request to the Knowledge Graph Search API
     const response = await makeSearchRequest(req.body.text);
diff --git a/functions/slack/package.json b/functions/slack/package.json
index cb5eb4e5bc..8145394547 100644
--- a/functions/slack/package.json
+++ b/functions/slack/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "test": "mocha test/*.test.js --timeout=20000"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@slack/events-api": "^2.3.0",
     "googleapis": "^46.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/functions/slack/test/index.test.js b/functions/slack/test/index.test.js
index 58d1a42a1c..1ac55c94f5 100644
--- a/functions/slack/test/index.test.js
+++ b/functions/slack/test/index.test.js
@@ -37,16 +37,21 @@ const getSample = () => {
   const googleapis = {
     kgsearch: sinon.stub().returns(kgsearch),
   };
+  const eventsApi = {
+    verifyRequestSignature: sinon.stub().returns(true),
+  };
 
   return {
     program: proxyquire('../', {
       googleapis: {google: googleapis},
       './config.json': config,
+      '@slack/events-api': eventsApi,
     }),
     mocks: {
       googleapis: googleapis,
       kgsearch: kgsearch,
       config: config,
+      eventsApi: eventsApi,
     },
   };
 };
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ describe('functions_slack_search functions_verify_webhook', () => {
     const sample = getSample();
 
     mocks.req.method = method;
-    mocks.req.body.token = 'wrong';
+    sample.mocks.eventsApi.verifyRequestSignature = sinon.stub().returns(false);
 
     try {
       await sample.program.kgSearch(mocks.req, mocks.res);