diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f39d424f32f..273a839051f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/gohugoio/hugo
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/locker v0.0.0-20171006230638-a6e239ea1c69
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.2.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.5.0
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.5
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 212681481d3..ead30dd0599 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -127,10 +127,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloudsql-proxy v1.24.0/go.mod h1:3tx938GhY4FC+E1KT/jNjDw7Z5qxAEtIiERJ2sXjnII=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 h1:WEQqlqaGbrPkxLJWfBwQmfEAE1Z7ONdDLqrN38tNFfI=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 h1:d+Bc7a5rLufV/sSk/8dngufqelfh6jnri85riMAaF/M=
-github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.2.0 h1:/Jdm5QfyM8zdlqT6WVZU4cfP23sot6CEHA4CS49Ezig=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.2.0/go.mod h1:OhLRTaaIzhvIyofkJfB24gokC7tM42Px5UhoT32THBk=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.1 h1:XivOgYcduV98QCahG8T5XTezV5bylXe+lBxLG2K2ink=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.5.0 h1:CQCdj1BiBV17sD4Bd32b/Bzuiq/EqoNTrnIhyQAZ+Rk=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:yrkMI9807G1ROx13fhe1v6PN2DDeaR73L3d+1nmYQtw=