diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py b/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
index 07d56b18c26a36e4fae32d564a002514b118a4d0..956aac839aaaf44b507adccf25c036a8f3662671 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/messaging.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import json
 import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 
-import requests
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django_slack import slack_message
 
 from hypha.apply.projects.models.payment import (
     APPROVED_BY_FINANCE_1,
@@ -727,12 +727,10 @@ class SlackAdapter(AdapterBase):
         message = ' '.join([recipient, message]).strip()
 
         data = {
-            "room": target_rooms,
             "message": message,
         }
-        response = requests.post(self.destination, json=data)
-
-        return str(response.status_code) + ': ' + response.content.decode()
+        for room in target_rooms:
+            slack_message('messages/slack_message.html', data, channel=room)
 
 
 class EmailAdapter(AdapterBase):
diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..122ced225924de9a743532f18a121e25cccb4cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% extends django_slack %}
+<!--Template required for django-slack. We can customize it for channels, endpoint_url, etc as per the requirements.-->
+
+{% block text %}
+{{ message }}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/hypha/settings/base.py b/hypha/settings/base.py
index 10f87df0d0df4900b15d8b49a12ca971721d0a1d..b0bb036f5407c5675291463442def2de974c0ab0 100644
--- a/hypha/settings/base.py
+++ b/hypha/settings/base.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django_bleach',
     'django_fsm',
     'django_pwned_passwords',
+    'django_slack',
     'django_otp',
     'django_otp.plugins.otp_totp',
     'django_otp.plugins.otp_static',
@@ -387,6 +388,11 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'filters': {
+        'require_debug_false': {
+            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse',
+        },
+    },
     'handlers': {
         # Send logs with at least INFO level to the console.
         'console': {
@@ -394,6 +400,11 @@ LOGGING = {
             'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
             'formatter': 'verbose',
         },
+        'slack_admins': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
+            'class': 'django_slack.log.SlackExceptionHandler',
+        }
     },
     'formatters': {
         'verbose': {
@@ -426,6 +437,10 @@ LOGGING = {
             'level': 'WARNING',
             'propagate': False,
         },
+        'django.slack': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'handlers': ['slack_admins'],
+        },
     },
 }
 
@@ -529,6 +544,12 @@ SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM = env.str('SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM', None)
 SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM_COMMENTS = env.str('SLACK_DESTINATION_ROOM_COMMENTS', None)
 SLACK_TYPE_COMMENTS = env.list('SLACK_TYPE_COMMENTS', [])
 
+# Django Slack settings
+SLACK_TOKEN = env.str('SLACK_TOKEN')
+SLACK_BACKEND = 'django_slack.backends.UrllibBackend'  # CeleryBackend can be used for async
+if SLACK_DESTINATION_URL:
+    SLACK_ENDPOINT_URL = SLACK_DESTINATION_URL
+
 # Automatic transition settings
 TRANSITION_AFTER_REVIEWS = env.bool('TRANSITION_AFTER_REVIEWS', False)
 TRANSITION_AFTER_ASSIGNED = env.bool('TRANSITION_AFTER_ASSIGNED', False)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c66d1540300e2172c40cbf54f95da9a7aad5f82a..bad1dafa298265c3a425c49f12fa95efe39a375b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ django-redis==5.1.0
 django-referrer-policy==1.0
 django-salesforce==4.0
 django-select2==7.9.0
+django-slack==5.17.7
 django-storages==1.12.3
 django-tables2==2.4.1
 django-tinymce==3.4.0