diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 6284b7ec0..7e972d0e6 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "node-fetch": "~2.4.1",
     "npm-run-all": "~4.1.5",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
-    "sanitize-html": "~1.20.0",
+    "sanitize-html": "~1.20.1",
     "slug": "~1.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~3.3.2",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index fccf2b8f2..fab84f08e 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -6779,10 +6779,10 @@ sane@^4.0.3:
     minimist "^1.1.1"
     walker "~1.0.5"
 
-sanitize-html@~1.20.0:
-  version "1.20.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.20.0.tgz#9a602beb1c9faf960fb31f9890f61911cc4d9156"
-  integrity sha512-BpxXkBoAG+uKCHjoXFmox6kCSYpnulABoGcZ/R3QyY9ndXbIM5S94eOr1IqnzTG8TnbmXaxWoDDzKC5eJv7fEQ==
+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==
   dependencies:
     chalk "^2.4.1"
     htmlparser2 "^3.10.0"