diff --git a/doctr/utils/metrics.py b/doctr/utils/metrics.py
index 4c6ad95f44..8abd64a1b8 100644
--- a/doctr/utils/metrics.py
+++ b/doctr/utils/metrics.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 from scipy.optimize import linear_sum_assignment
-from unidecode import unidecode
+from anyascii import anyascii
 
 __all__ = [
     "TextMatch",
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ def string_match(word1: str, word2: str) -> Tuple[bool, bool, bool, bool]:
 
     Returns:
         a tuple with booleans specifying respectively whether the raw strings, their lower-case counterparts, their
-            unidecode counterparts and their lower-case unidecode counterparts match
+            anyascii counterparts and their lower-case anyascii counterparts match
     """
     raw_match = word1 == word2
     caseless_match = word1.lower() == word2.lower()
-    unidecode_match = unidecode(word1) == unidecode(word2)
+    anyascii_match = anyascii(word1) == anyascii(word2)
 
     # Warning: the order is important here otherwise the pair ("EUR", "€") cannot be matched
-    unicase_match = unidecode(word1).lower() == unidecode(word2).lower()
+    unicase_match = anyascii(word1).lower() == anyascii(word2).lower()
 
-    return raw_match, caseless_match, unidecode_match, unicase_match
+    return raw_match, caseless_match, anyascii_match, unicase_match
 
 
 class TextMatch:
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ def update(
             raise AssertionError("prediction size does not match with ground-truth labels size")
 
         for gt_word, pred_word in zip(gt, pred):
-            _raw, _caseless, _unidecode, _unicase = string_match(gt_word, pred_word)
+            _raw, _caseless, _anyascii, _unicase = string_match(gt_word, pred_word)
             self.raw += int(_raw)
             self.caseless += int(_caseless)
-            self.unidecode += int(_unidecode)
+            self.anyascii += int(_anyascii)
             self.unicase += int(_unicase)
 
         self.total += len(gt)
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ def summary(self) -> Dict[str, float]:
         """Computes the aggregated metrics
 
         Returns:
-            a dictionary with the exact match score for the raw data, its lower-case counterpart, its unidecode
-            counterpart and its lower-case unidecode counterpart
+            a dictionary with the exact match score for the raw data, its lower-case counterpart, its anyascii
+            counterpart and its lower-case anyascii counterpart
         """
         if self.total == 0:
             raise AssertionError("you need to update the metric before getting the summary")
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ def summary(self) -> Dict[str, float]:
         return dict(
             raw=self.raw / self.total,
             caseless=self.caseless / self.total,
-            unidecode=self.unidecode / self.total,
+            anyascii=self.anyascii / self.total,
             unicase=self.unicase / self.total,
         )
 
     def reset(self) -> None:
         self.raw = 0
         self.caseless = 0
-        self.unidecode = 0
+        self.anyascii = 0
         self.unicase = 0
         self.total = 0
 
@@ -531,10 +531,10 @@ def update(
             is_kept = iou_mat[gt_indices, pred_indices] >= self.iou_thresh
             # String comparison
             for gt_idx, pred_idx in zip(gt_indices[is_kept], pred_indices[is_kept]):
-                _raw, _caseless, _unidecode, _unicase = string_match(gt_labels[gt_idx], pred_labels[pred_idx])
+                _raw, _caseless, _anyascii, _unicase = string_match(gt_labels[gt_idx], pred_labels[pred_idx])
                 self.raw_matches += int(_raw)
                 self.caseless_matches += int(_caseless)
-                self.unidecode_matches += int(_unidecode)
+                self.anyascii_matches += int(_anyascii)
                 self.unicase_matches += int(_unicase)
 
         self.num_gts += gt_boxes.shape[0]
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ def summary(self) -> Tuple[Dict[str, Optional[float]], Dict[str, Optional[float]
         recall = dict(
             raw=self.raw_matches / self.num_gts if self.num_gts > 0 else None,
             caseless=self.caseless_matches / self.num_gts if self.num_gts > 0 else None,
-            unidecode=self.unidecode_matches / self.num_gts if self.num_gts > 0 else None,
+            anyascii=self.anyascii_matches / self.num_gts if self.num_gts > 0 else None,
             unicase=self.unicase_matches / self.num_gts if self.num_gts > 0 else None,
         )
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def summary(self) -> Tuple[Dict[str, Optional[float]], Dict[str, Optional[float]
         precision = dict(
             raw=self.raw_matches / self.num_preds if self.num_preds > 0 else None,
             caseless=self.caseless_matches / self.num_preds if self.num_preds > 0 else None,
-            unidecode=self.unidecode_matches / self.num_preds if self.num_preds > 0 else None,
+            anyascii=self.anyascii_matches / self.num_preds if self.num_preds > 0 else None,
             unicase=self.unicase_matches / self.num_preds if self.num_preds > 0 else None,
         )
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def reset(self) -> None:
         self.tot_iou = 0.0
         self.raw_matches = 0
         self.caseless_matches = 0
-        self.unidecode_matches = 0
+        self.anyascii_matches = 0
         self.unicase_matches = 0
 
 
diff --git a/doctr/utils/visualization.py b/doctr/utils/visualization.py
index f6ee075ae8..d992957b80 100644
--- a/doctr/utils/visualization.py
+++ b/doctr/utils/visualization.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
-from unidecode import unidecode
+from anyascii import anyascii
 
 from .common_types import BoundingBox, Polygon4P
 from .fonts import get_font
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ def synthesize_page(
                 try:
                     d.text((0, 0), word["value"], font=font, fill=(0, 0, 0))
                 except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                    # When character cannot be encoded, use its unidecode version
-                    d.text((0, 0), unidecode(word["value"]), font=font, fill=(0, 0, 0))
+                    # When character cannot be encoded, use its anyascii version
+                    d.text((0, 0), anyascii(word["value"]), font=font, fill=(0, 0, 0))
 
                 # Colorize if draw_proba
                 if draw_proba:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08415868de..7cc14933aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "Pillow>=8.3.2",  # cf. https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98vv-pw6r-q6q4
     "defusedxml>=0.7.0",
     "mplcursors>=0.3",
-    "unidecode>=1.0.0",
+    "anyascii==0.3.2",
     "tqdm>=4.30.0",
     "rapidfuzz>=1.6.0",
     "huggingface-hub>=0.4.0",
-    "openvino==2022.3.1"
+    "openvino==2024.1.0"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/common/test_utils_metrics.py b/tests/common/test_utils_metrics.py
index 1f0d85bf47..3451a7acf9 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_utils_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/common/test_utils_metrics.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "gt, pred, raw, caseless, unidecode, unicase",
+    "gt, pred, raw, caseless, anyascii, unicase",
     [
         [["grass", "56", "True", "EUR"], ["grass", "56", "true", "€"], 0.5, 0.75, 0.75, 1],
         [["éléphant", "ça"], ["elephant", "ca"], 0, 0, 1, 1],
     ],
 )
-def test_text_match(gt, pred, raw, caseless, unidecode, unicase):
+def test_text_match(gt, pred, raw, caseless, anyascii, unicase):
     metric = metrics.TextMatch()
     with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
         metric.summary()
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ def test_text_match(gt, pred, raw, caseless, unidecode, unicase):
         metric.update(["a", "b"], ["c"])
 
     metric.update(gt, pred)
-    assert metric.summary() == dict(raw=raw, caseless=caseless, unidecode=unidecode, unicase=unicase)
+    assert metric.summary() == dict(raw=raw, caseless=caseless, anyascii=anyascii, unicase=unicase)
 
     metric.reset()
-    assert metric.raw == metric.caseless == metric.unidecode == metric.unicase == metric.total == 0
+    assert metric.raw == metric.caseless == metric.anyascii == metric.unicase == metric.total == 0
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ def test_r_localization_confusion(gts, preds, iou_thresh, recall, precision, mea
             [[[0, 0, 0.5, 0.5]]],
             [["elephant"]],
             0.5,
-            {"raw": 1, "caseless": 1, "unidecode": 1, "unicase": 1},
-            {"raw": 1, "caseless": 1, "unidecode": 1, "unicase": 1},
+            {"raw": 1, "caseless": 1, "anyascii": 1, "unicase": 1},
+            {"raw": 1, "caseless": 1, "anyascii": 1, "unicase": 1},
             1,
         ],
         [  # Bad match
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ def test_r_localization_confusion(gts, preds, iou_thresh, recall, precision, mea
             [[[0, 0, 0.5, 0.5]]],
             [["elephant"]],
             0.5,
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "unidecode": 0, "unicase": 0},
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "unidecode": 0, "unicase": 0},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "anyascii": 0, "unicase": 0},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "anyascii": 0, "unicase": 0},
             1,
         ],
         [  # Good match
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ def test_r_localization_confusion(gts, preds, iou_thresh, recall, precision, mea
             [[[0, 0, 0.5, 0.5], [0.6, 0.6, 0.7, 0.7]]],
             [["€", "e"]],
             0.2,
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "unidecode": 1, "unicase": 1},
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "unidecode": 0.5, "unicase": 0.5},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "anyascii": 1, "unicase": 1},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0, "anyascii": 0.5, "unicase": 0.5},
             0.13,
         ],
         [  # No preds on 2nd sample
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ def test_r_localization_confusion(gts, preds, iou_thresh, recall, precision, mea
             [[[0, 0, 0.5, 0.5]], None],
             [["elephant"], []],
             0.5,
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0.5, "unidecode": 0, "unicase": 0.5},
-            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 1, "unidecode": 0, "unicase": 1},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 0.5, "anyascii": 0, "unicase": 0.5},
+            {"raw": 0, "caseless": 1, "anyascii": 0, "unicase": 1},
             1,
         ],
     ],
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def test_ocr_metric(gt_boxes, gt_words, pred_boxes, pred_words, iou_thresh, reca
     assert _mean_iou == mean_iou
     metric.reset()
     assert metric.num_gts == metric.num_preds == metric.tot_iou == 0
-    assert metric.raw_matches == metric.caseless_matches == metric.unidecode_matches == metric.unicase_matches == 0
+    assert metric.raw_matches == metric.caseless_matches == metric.anyascii_matches == metric.unicase_matches == 0
     # Shape check
     with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
         metric.update(