diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 5c1be0b8b..d78edd99c 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "nodemailer-html-to-text": "^3.1.0",
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
-    "sanitize-html": "~1.20.1",
+    "sanitize-html": "~1.21.1",
     "slug": "~2.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.4.0",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 9e46e1d93..543b93b6e 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -7618,10 +7618,10 @@ sane@^4.0.3:
     minimist "^1.1.1"
     walker "~1.0.5"
 
-sanitize-html@~1.20.1:
-  version "1.20.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.20.1.tgz#f6effdf55dd398807171215a62bfc21811bacf85"
-  integrity sha512-txnH8TQjaQvg2Q0HY06G6CDJLVYCpbnxrdO0WN8gjCKaU5J0KbyGYhZxx5QJg3WLZ1lB7XU9kDkfrCXUozqptA==
+sanitize-html@~1.21.1:
+  version "1.21.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.21.1.tgz#1647d15c0c672901aa41eac1b86d0c38146d30ce"
+  integrity sha512-W6enXSVphVaVbmVbzVngBthR5f5sMmhq3EfPfBlzBzp2WnX8Rnk7NGpP7KmHUc0Y3MVk9tv/+CbpdHchX9ai7g==
   dependencies:
     chalk "^2.4.1"
     htmlparser2 "^3.10.0"