diff --git a/src/prefect/utilities/hashing.py b/src/prefect/utilities/hashing.py
index 02732d69fab9..204acf76dea7 100644
--- a/src/prefect/utilities/hashing.py
+++ b/src/prefect/utilities/hashing.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import hashlib
+import sys
+from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
@@ -6,8 +8,13 @@
 
 from prefect.serializers import JSONSerializer
 
+if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 9):
+    _md5 = partial(hashlib.md5, usedforsecurity=False)
+else:
+    _md5 = hashlib.md5
 
-def stable_hash(*args: Union[str, bytes], hash_algo=hashlib.md5) -> str:
+
+def stable_hash(*args: Union[str, bytes], hash_algo=_md5) -> str:
     """Given some arguments, produces a stable 64-bit hash of their contents.
 
     Supports bytes and strings. Strings will be UTF-8 encoded.
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ def stable_hash(*args: Union[str, bytes], hash_algo=hashlib.md5) -> str:
     return h.hexdigest()
 
 
-def file_hash(path: str, hash_algo=hashlib.md5) -> str:
+def file_hash(path: str, hash_algo=_md5) -> str:
     """Given a path to a file, produces a stable hash of the file contents.
 
     Args:
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ def file_hash(path: str, hash_algo=hashlib.md5) -> str:
     return stable_hash(contents, hash_algo=hash_algo)
 
 
-def hash_objects(*args, hash_algo=hashlib.md5, **kwargs) -> Optional[str]:
+def hash_objects(*args, hash_algo=_md5, **kwargs) -> Optional[str]:
     """
     Attempt to hash objects by dumping to JSON or serializing with cloudpickle.
     On failure of both, `None` will be returned