diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index be21109..55fd246 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ unreleased
     - deps: mime-types@~2.1.6
   * deps: batch@0.5.3
     - Fix invalid dependency for browserify
+  * deps: escape-html@~1.0.3
+    - perf: enable strict mode
+    - perf: optimize string replacement
+    - perf: use faster string coercion
 
 1.7.2 / 2015-07-30
 ==================
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5061032..4faaf61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "accepts": "~1.2.13",
     "batch": "0.5.3",
     "debug": "~2.2.0",
-    "escape-html": "1.0.2",
+    "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
     "http-errors": "~1.3.1",
     "mime-types": "~2.1.4",
     "parseurl": "~1.3.0"