diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 011361113a..6b941393c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ example. It's still usable as before, we just removed the example.
 - Fix switch variants with paths [Taiga #12841](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/12841)
 - Fix referencing typography tokens on font-family tokens [Taiga #12492](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/12492)
 - Fix horizontal scroll on layer panel [Taiga #12843](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/12843)
+- Fix unicode handling on email template abbreviation filter [Github #7966](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/7966)
 
 ## 2.11.1
 
diff --git a/backend/resources/app/email/invite-to-team/en.html b/backend/resources/app/email/invite-to-team/en.html
index 5e61f1f675..337593902d 100644
--- a/backend/resources/app/email/invite-to-team/en.html
+++ b/backend/resources/app/email/invite-to-team/en.html
@@ -240,4 +240,4 @@
   </div>
 </body>
 
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/backend/src/app/util/template.clj b/backend/src/app/util/template.clj
index 5c7a0b8c6e..2365423349 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/util/template.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/util/template.clj
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@
 (ns app.util.template
   (:require
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
+   [cuerdas.core :as str]
+   [selmer.filters :as sf]
    [selmer.parser :as sp]))
 
 ;; (sp/cache-off!)
 
+(sf/add-filter! :abbreviate
+                (fn [s n]
+                  (let [n (parse-long n)]
+                    (str/abbreviate s n))))
+
+
 (defn render
   [path context]
   (try
diff --git a/common/deps.edn b/common/deps.edn
index a2d9a1b1ec..e7e73645a5 100644
--- a/common/deps.edn
+++ b/common/deps.edn
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   integrant/integrant {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
 
   funcool/tubax {:mvn/version "2021.05.20-0"}
-  funcool/cuerdas {:mvn/version "2025.06.16-414"}
+  funcool/cuerdas {:mvn/version "2026.415"}
   funcool/promesa
   {:git/sha "46048fc0d4bf5466a2a4121f5d52aefa6337f2e8"
    :git/url "https://github.com/funcool/promesa"}