diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index bc757fbb7..7ebdb57b2 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "nodemailer": "^6.10.1",
     "nodemailer-html-to-text": "^3.2.0",
     "request": "~2.88.2",
-    "sanitize-html": "~2.15.0",
+    "sanitize-html": "~2.16.0",
     "slug": "~9.1.0",
     "subscriptions-transport-ws": "^0.9.19",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index cd2ce1050..3bed8038a 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -8905,10 +8905,10 @@ safe-regex@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz#44fa161b0187b9549dd84bb91802f9bd8385cd6a"
   integrity sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==
 
-sanitize-html@~2.15.0:
-  version "2.15.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.15.0.tgz#8e7f97ee1fecdec1bb1fb2e37f6d2c6acfdbabe3"
-  integrity sha512-wIjst57vJGpLyBP8ioUbg6ThwJie5SuSIjHxJg53v5Fg+kUK+AXlb7bK3RNXpp315MvwM+0OBGCV6h5pPHsVhA==
+sanitize-html@~2.16.0:
+  version "2.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.16.0.tgz#2b9973b63fa42e3580020499cbda1d894b3642bc"
+  integrity sha512-0s4caLuHHaZFVxFTG74oW91+j6vW7gKbGD6CD2+miP73CE6z6YtOBN0ArtLd2UGyi4IC7K47v3ENUbQX4jV3Mg==
   dependencies:
     deepmerge "^4.2.2"
     escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"