diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 78621fb54..a6219dcbf 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "nodemailer-html-to-text": "^3.2.0",
     "preview-email": "^3.1.1",
     "pug": "^3.0.3",
-    "sanitize-html": "~2.17.0",
+    "sanitize-html": "~2.17.1",
     "slugify": "^1.6.6",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "tslog": "^4.10.2",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index c78e6f08b..f0c3b09ac 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -9652,10 +9652,10 @@ safe-regex@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz#44fa161b0187b9549dd84bb91802f9bd8385cd6a"
   integrity sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==
 
-sanitize-html@~2.17.0:
-  version "2.17.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.17.0.tgz#a8f66420a6be981d8fe412e3397cc753782598e4"
-  integrity sha512-dLAADUSS8rBwhaevT12yCezvioCA+bmUTPH/u57xKPT8d++voeYE6HeluA/bPbQ15TwDBG2ii+QZIEmYx8VdxA==
+sanitize-html@~2.17.1:
+  version "2.17.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.17.1.tgz#3b8073f9b2bf5b47bed045e09a0e428b1fe38bf3"
+  integrity sha512-ehFCW+q1a4CSOWRAdX97BX/6/PDEkCqw7/0JXZAGQV57FQB3YOkTa/rrzHPeJ+Aghy4vZAFfWMYyfxIiB7F/gw==
   dependencies:
     deepmerge "^4.2.2"
     escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"