diff --git a/src/utils/html.ts b/src/utils/html.ts
index 5e9ff918..557945dd 100644
--- a/src/utils/html.ts
+++ b/src/utils/html.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { escape } from 'entities';
+
 interface RawHtml {
   raw: true;
   contents: string;
@@ -10,16 +12,6 @@ interface RawHtmlOptions {
   joiner?: string;
 }
 
-export function escape(str: string) {
-  if (!str) return '';
-
-  return str.replace(/&/g, '&')
-    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
-    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
-    .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
-    .replace(/'/g, '&#39;');
-}
-
 /**
  * Prevent values from being escaped by html``.
  * @param val Any value.
@@ -40,7 +32,7 @@ export function r(val: any, options?: RawHtmlOptions): RawHtml {
  * ```
  * const unsafe = `oops <script>alert(1)</script>`;
  * testing.innerHTML = html`foo bar baz ${unsafe}`;
- * console.assert(testing === "foo bar baz oops%20%3Cscript%3Ealert%281%29%3C/script%3E");
+ * console.assert(testing === "foo bar baz oops&lt;script&gt;alert(1)&lt;/script&gt;");
  * ```
  */
 export function html(strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: (string | number | RawHtml)[]) {