diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/package.json b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
index 109e49c39c..4b749c0ef0 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     "electron-window-state": "5.0.3",
     "formatcoords": "1.1.3",
     "fs-extra": "10.1.0",
-    "highlight.js": "10.7.3",
+    "highlight.js": "11.6.0",
     "immer": "7.0.15",
     "keytar": "7.9.0",
     "mark.js": "8.11.1",
diff --git a/packages/renderer/package.json b/packages/renderer/package.json
index 7a89583a89..a99ca4e46f 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/package.json
+++ b/packages/renderer/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     "font-awesome-filetypes": "2.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "10.1.0",
-    "highlight.js": "11.1.0",
+    "highlight.js": "11.6.0",
     "html-entities": "1.4.0",
     "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
     "katex": "0.13.24",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 767b8c0bb8..1d025158ef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ __metadata:
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     glob: 8.0.3
     gulp: 4.0.2
-    highlight.js: 10.7.3
+    highlight.js: 11.6.0
     immer: 7.0.15
     jest: 26.6.3
     js-sha512: 0.8.0
@@ -4394,7 +4394,7 @@ __metadata:
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     font-awesome-filetypes: 2.1.0
     fs-extra: 10.1.0
-    highlight.js: 11.1.0
+    highlight.js: 11.6.0
     html-entities: 1.4.0
     jest: 26.6.3
     json-stringify-safe: 5.0.1
@@ -18134,17 +18134,17 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
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-  version: 10.7.3
-  resolution: "highlight.js@npm:10.7.3"
-  checksum: defeafcd546b535d710d8efb8e650af9e3b369ef53e28c3dc7893eacfe263200bba4c5fcf43524ae66d5c0c296b1af0870523ceae3e3104d24b7abf6374a4fea
+"highlight.js@npm:11.6.0":
+  version: 11.6.0
+  resolution: "highlight.js@npm:11.6.0"
+  checksum: 3908eb34a4b442ca1e20c1ae6415ea935fbbcdb2b532a89948d82b0fa4ad41fc5de3802a0de4e88a0bcb7d97d4445579048cd2aab1d105ac47f59dd58a9a98ae
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
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-  version: 11.1.0
-  resolution: "highlight.js@npm:11.1.0"
-  checksum: 90f38a7d1210844a5d8a114dca1a2969f10f5ce472ddd600289d01a3605480d7a14fcc5db645eef3bf9327dc5888b45702ea59c6999953265eeb073e55404026
+"highlight.js@npm:^10.0.0":
+  version: 10.7.3
+  resolution: "highlight.js@npm:10.7.3"
+  checksum: defeafcd546b535d710d8efb8e650af9e3b369ef53e28c3dc7893eacfe263200bba4c5fcf43524ae66d5c0c296b1af0870523ceae3e3104d24b7abf6374a4fea
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard