diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 60a86bac843..14e80dda58f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gem 'html-pipeline', '~> 2.14.0'
 # Tasklist parsing and renderer
 gem 'deckar01-task_list', '~> 2.3.1'
 # Requires escape-utils for faster escaping
-gem 'escape_utils', '~> 1.0'
+gem 'escape_utils', '~> 1.3'
 # Syntax highlighting used in html-pipeline with rouge
 gem 'rouge', '~> 3.29.0'
 # HTML sanitization used for html-pipeline
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5ecbc1bfc5f..ac6a3d26568 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ GEM
     erbse (0.1.4)
       temple
     erubi (1.10.0)
-    escape_utils (1.2.2)
+    escape_utils (1.3.0)
     et-orbi (1.2.7)
       tzinfo
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dotenv-rails
   email_validator (~> 2.2.3)
   equivalent-xml (~> 0.6)
-  escape_utils (~> 1.0)
+  escape_utils (~> 1.3)
   factory_bot (~> 6.2.0)
   factory_bot_rails (~> 6.2.0)
   faker