diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ddc97fb..1a1a7c5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 exclude: ".yarn/|yarn.lock|\\.min\\.(css|js)$"
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-builtin-literals
@@ -14,35 +14,27 @@ repos:
       - id: mixed-line-ending
       - id: trailing-whitespace
   - repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/django-upgrade
-    rev: 1.20.0
+    rev: 1.22.1
     hooks:
       - id: django-upgrade
         args: [--target-version, "3.2"]
-  - repo: https://github.com/MarcoGorelli/absolufy-imports
-    rev: v0.3.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: absolufy-imports
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.6.2"
+    rev: "v0.7.0"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
+        args: [--unsafe-fixes]
       - id: ruff-format
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.1.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: prettier
-        args: [--list-different, --no-semi]
-        exclude: "^conf/|.*\\.html$"
   - repo: https://github.com/biomejs/pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.4.0"
+    rev: "v0.5.0"
     hooks:
       - id: biome-check
-        additional_dependencies: ["@biomejs/biome@1.8.3"]
+        additional_dependencies: ["@biomejs/biome@1.9.4"]
+        args: [--unsafe]
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: 2.2.1
+    rev: 2.4.3
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
-    rev: v0.19
+    rev: v0.21
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fd9f4dd..fbbffea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Next version
 
 * Limited the email field choices to email fields only when using the send
   emails to authors option.
+* Stopped slugifying choice values so that we properly support non-latin
+  characters.
 
 0.26
 ----
diff --git a/form_designer/models.py b/form_designer/models.py
index 202a7d8..16e76c5 100644
--- a/form_designer/models.py
+++ b/form_designer/models.py
@@ -204,10 +204,17 @@ def loader(submission, field, choice_dict):
         def old_name_loader(submission, old_name):
             return submission.data.get(old_name)
 
+        def include_slugified_choices(choices):
+            return dict(choices) | {slugify(value): label for value, label in choices}
+
         fields_and_loaders = [
             (
                 {"name": field.name, "title": field.title},
-                partial(loader, field=field, choice_dict=dict(field.get_choices())),
+                partial(
+                    loader,
+                    field=field,
+                    choice_dict=include_slugified_choices(field.get_choices()),
+                ),
             )
             for field in self.fields.all()
         ]
@@ -360,7 +367,7 @@ def clean(self):
 
     def get_choices(self):
         def get_tuple(value):
-            return (slugify(value.strip()), value.strip())
+            return (value.strip(), value.strip())
 
         choices = [get_tuple(value) for value in self.choices.split(",")]
         if not self.is_required and self.type == "select":
@@ -383,8 +390,7 @@ def formfield(self):
         }
         if self.choices:
             kwargs["choices"] = self.get_choices()
-            # The value of individual choices is slugified too.
-            kwargs["initial"] = slugify(self.default_value)
+            kwargs["initial"] = self.default_value
         return self.get_type(**kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/testapp/test_forms.py b/tests/testapp/test_forms.py
index 4c53bf9..a3ac932 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/test_forms.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_forms(self):
         )
         self.assertContains(response, "<textarea", 1)
         self.assertContains(
-            response, 'value="two-what" required id="id_fc1-radio_1" checked', 1
+            response, 'value="two what" required id="id_fc1-radio_1" checked', 1
         )
         self.assertContains(response, 'type="date"', 1)
 
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ def test_forms(self):
                 f"fc{form.id}-subject": "Test",
                 f"fc{form.id}-email": "valid@example.com",
                 f"fc{form.id}-body": "Hello World",
-                f"fc{form.id}-radio": "two-what",
+                f"fc{form.id}-radio": "two what",
                 f"fc{form.id}-date": "2022-10-02",
-                f"fc{form.id}-multiple-choice": ["choice-a", "choice-c"],
+                f"fc{form.id}-multiple-choice": ["Choice A", "Choice C"],
             },
         )
 
@@ -407,3 +407,35 @@ def test_email_to_author(self):
         self.assertEqual(message.subject, "Test contact form")
         self.assertIn("Subject:\nTest\n", message.body)
         self.assertIn("Email:\ntest@example.org\n", message.body)
+
+    def test_choices(self):
+        """Legacy slugified choices should also use the pretty format"""
+
+        form = Form.objects.create(
+            title="Test contact form",
+            config={"save_fs": {}},
+        )
+        form.fields.create(
+            ordering=6,
+            title="Multiple Choice",
+            name="multiple-choice",
+            type="multiple-select",
+            choices="Choice A,Choice B,Choice C",
+            is_required=False,
+        )
+
+        s1 = FormSubmission.objects.create(
+            form=form,
+            data={
+                "multiple-choice": ["Choice A", "Choice C"],
+            },
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Multiple Choice:\nChoice A, Choice C", s1.formatted_data())
+
+        s2 = FormSubmission.objects.create(
+            form=form,
+            data={
+                "multiple-choice": ["choice-a", "choice-c"],
+            },
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Multiple Choice:\nChoice A, Choice C", s2.formatted_data())