diff --git a/docs/data/docs.json b/docs/data/docs.json
index 03bb03574..1f21646f9 100644
--- a/docs/data/docs.json
+++ b/docs/data/docs.json
@@ -4109,7 +4109,7 @@
           "Examples": [
             [
               "{{ \"I :heart: Hugo\" | emojify }}",
-              "I ❤️ Hugo"
+              "I ❤ Hugo"
             ]
           ]
         },
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce831ac90..c9be14465 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0
 	github.com/jdkato/prose v1.1.0
-	github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1
+	github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.4.0
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/markbates/inflect v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 88cbe2515..39dadef62 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1 h1:qp9dub1mW7C4MlvoRENH6EAENb9skEFOvIEbp1Waj38=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1/go.mod h1:mZ6aGCD7yk8j6QY6KICwnZ2pxoszVseX1DNoGtU2tBA=
+github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.1.0+incompatible h1:+DYU2RgpI6OHG4oQkM5KlqD3Wd3UPEsX8jamTo1Mp6o=
+github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:mZ6aGCD7yk8j6QY6KICwnZ2pxoszVseX1DNoGtU2tBA=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.1.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.4.0 h1:RI7B1CgnPAuu2O9lWszwya61RLmfL0KCdo+QyyI/Bhk=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.4.0/go.mod h1:IUDi13rsHje59lecXokTfGX0QIzO45uVPlXnJYsXepA=
diff --git a/tpl/transform/init.go b/tpl/transform/init.go
index 62cb0a9c3..2783a513f 100644
--- a/tpl/transform/init.go
+++ b/tpl/transform/init.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func init() {
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Emojify,
 			[]string{"emojify"},
 			[][2]string{
-				{`{{ "I :heart: Hugo" | emojify }}`, `I ❤️ Hugo`},
+				{`{{ "I :heart: Hugo" | emojify }}`, `I ❤ Hugo`},
 			},
 		)
 
diff --git a/tpl/transform/transform_test.go b/tpl/transform/transform_test.go
index 13c4bbc29..10b020a0c 100644
--- a/tpl/transform/transform_test.go
+++ b/tpl/transform/transform_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestEmojify(t *testing.T) {
 		expect interface{}
 	}{
 		{":notamoji:", template.HTML(":notamoji:")},
-		{"I :heart: Hugo", template.HTML("I ❤️ Hugo")},
+		{"I :heart: Hugo", template.HTML("I ❤ Hugo")},
 		// errors
 		{tstNoStringer{}, false},
 	} {