diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1a94d0e35..2ef6ceab2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "frappe-datatable": "^1.15.3",
     "frappe-gantt": "^0.5.0",
     "fuse.js": "^3.4.6",
-    "highlight.js": "^9.18.2",
+    "highlight.js": "^10.4.1",
     "js-sha256": "^0.9.0",
     "jsbarcode": "^3.9.0",
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 26797675c6..5cbea3f938 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2702,10 +2702,10 @@ hex-color-regex@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hex-color-regex/-/hex-color-regex-1.1.0.tgz#4c06fccb4602fe2602b3c93df82d7e7dbf1a8a8e"
   integrity sha512-l9sfDFsuqtOqKDsQdqrMRk0U85RZc0RtOR9yPI7mRVOa4FsR/BVnZ0shmQRM96Ji99kYZP/7hn1cedc1+ApsTQ==
 
-highlight.js@^9.18.2:
-  version "9.18.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-9.18.5.tgz#d18a359867f378c138d6819edfc2a8acd5f29825"
-  integrity sha512-a5bFyofd/BHCX52/8i8uJkjr9DYwXIPnM/plwI6W7ezItLGqzt7X2G2nXuYSfsIJdkwwj/g9DG1LkcGJI/dDoA==
+highlight.js@^10.4.1:
+  version "10.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.4.1.tgz#d48fbcf4a9971c4361b3f95f302747afe19dbad0"
+  integrity sha512-yR5lWvNz7c85OhVAEAeFhVCc/GV4C30Fjzc/rCP0aCWzc1UUOPUk55dK/qdwTZHBvMZo+eZ2jpk62ndX/xMFlg==
 
 homedir-polyfill@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.3"