diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc0ab56ab4..c8729687c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1701,12 +1701,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "htmlescape"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9025058dae765dee5070ec375f591e2ba14638c63feff74f13805a72e523163"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -2731,7 +2725,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "fancy-regex",
  "heck",
- "htmlescape",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cmd-base",
  "nu-cmd-lang",
@@ -2747,6 +2740,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "serde",
  "serde_urlencoded",
+ "v_htmlescape",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2801,7 +2795,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "filesize",
  "filetime",
  "fs_extra",
- "htmlescape",
  "human-date-parser",
  "indexmap",
  "indicatif",
@@ -2874,6 +2867,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uu_mv",
  "uu_whoami",
  "uuid",
+ "v_htmlescape",
  "wax",
  "which 5.0.0",
  "windows 0.52.0",
@@ -5878,6 +5872,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "v_htmlescape"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e8257fbc510f0a46eb602c10215901938b5c2a7d5e70fc11483b1d3c9b5b18c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "value-trait"
 version = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/Cargo.toml
index cfa329a686..7fa433cfe2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ serde = "1.0.164"
 nu-pretty-hex = { version = "0.89.1", path = "../nu-pretty-hex" }
 nu-json = { version = "0.89.1", path = "../nu-json" }
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
-htmlescape = "0.3.1"
+v_htmlescape = "0.15.0"
 
 [features]
 extra = ["default"]
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/formats/to/html.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/formats/to/html.rs
index 77eee055e9..82d61c4527 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/formats/to/html.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/formats/to/html.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ fn html_table(table: Vec<Value>, headers: Vec<String>, config: &Config) -> Strin
     output_string.push_str("<thead><tr>");
     for header in &headers {
         output_string.push_str("<th>");
-        output_string.push_str(&htmlescape::encode_minimal(header));
+        output_string.push_str(&v_htmlescape::escape(header).to_string());
         output_string.push_str("</th>");
     }
     output_string.push_str("</tr></thead><tbody>");
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ fn html_value(value: Value, config: &Config) -> String {
             output_string.push_str("</pre>");
         }
         other => output_string.push_str(
-            &htmlescape::encode_minimal(&other.into_abbreviated_string(config))
+            &v_htmlescape::escape(&other.into_abbreviated_string(config))
+                .to_string()
                 .replace('\n', "<br>"),
         ),
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 6d441ec49e..853d9e8426 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ fancy-regex = "0.12"
 filesize = "0.2"
 filetime = "0.2"
 fs_extra = "1.3"
-htmlescape = "0.3"
 human-date-parser = "0.1.1"
 indexmap = "2.1"
 indicatif = "0.17"
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ uu_whoami = "0.0.23"
 uu_mkdir = "0.0.23"
 uu_mktemp = "0.0.23"
 uuid = { version = "1.6", features = ["v4"] }
+v_htmlescape = "0.15.0"
 wax = { version = "0.6" }
 which = { version = "5.0", optional = true }
 bracoxide = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/to/md.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/to/md.rs
index d8604ac999..e85b223c67 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/to/md.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/to/md.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn collect_headers(headers: &[String]) -> (Vec<String>, Vec<usize>) {
 
     if !headers.is_empty() && (headers.len() > 1 || !headers[0].is_empty()) {
         for header in headers {
-            let escaped_header_string = htmlescape::encode_minimal(header);
+            let escaped_header_string = v_htmlescape::escape(header).to_string();
             column_widths.push(escaped_header_string.len());
             escaped_headers.push(escaped_header_string);
         }
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ fn table(input: PipelineData, pretty: bool, config: &Config) -> String {
                 }
             }
             p => {
-                let value_string = htmlescape::encode_minimal(&p.into_abbreviated_string(config));
+                let value_string =
+                    v_htmlescape::escape(&p.into_abbreviated_string(config)).to_string();
                 escaped_row.push(value_string);
             }
         }