diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index c10d9ea69..4465450b8 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "preview-email": "^3.1.0",
     "pug": "^3.0.3",
     "request": "~2.88.2",
-    "sanitize-html": "~2.16.0",
+    "sanitize-html": "~2.17.0",
     "slug": "~9.1.0",
     "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
     "uuid": "~9.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 9bd9380b4..d6fd5bbdf 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -3363,12 +3363,7 @@ deepmerge@4.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-4.2.2.tgz#44d2ea3679b8f4d4ffba33f03d865fc1e7bf4955"
   integrity sha512-FJ3UgI4gIl+PHZm53knsuSFpE+nESMr7M4v9QcgB7S63Kj/6WqMiFQJpBBYz1Pt+66bZpP3Q7Lye0Oo9MPKEdg==
 
-deepmerge@^4.2.2:
-  version "4.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-4.3.0.tgz#65491893ec47756d44719ae520e0e2609233b59b"
-  integrity sha512-z2wJZXrmeHdvYJp/Ux55wIjqo81G5Bp4c+oELTW+7ar6SogWHajt5a9gO3s3IDaGSAXjDk0vlQKN3rms8ab3og==
-
-deepmerge@^4.3.1:
+deepmerge@^4.2.2, deepmerge@^4.3.1:
   version "4.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deepmerge/-/deepmerge-4.3.1.tgz#44b5f2147cd3b00d4b56137685966f26fd25dd4a"
   integrity sha512-3sUqbMEc77XqpdNO7FRyRog+eW3ph+GYCbj+rK+uYyRMuwsVy0rMiVtPn+QJlKFvWP/1PYpapqYn0Me2knFn+A==
@@ -8700,10 +8695,10 @@ safe-regex@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz#44fa161b0187b9549dd84bb91802f9bd8385cd6a"
   integrity sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==
 
-sanitize-html@~2.16.0:
-  version "2.16.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-2.16.0.tgz#2b9973b63fa42e3580020499cbda1d894b3642bc"
-  integrity sha512-0s4caLuHHaZFVxFTG74oW91+j6vW7gKbGD6CD2+miP73CE6z6YtOBN0ArtLd2UGyi4IC7K47v3ENUbQX4jV3Mg==
+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==
   dependencies:
     deepmerge "^4.2.2"
     escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"