diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ea164fb09c60..4e75f5000821 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         "date-fns-tz": "^2.0.0",
         "dom-serializer": "^0.2.2",
         "domhandler": "^4.3.0",
-        "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#4e020cfa13ffabde14313c92b341285aeb919f29",
+        "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#f7efbd084536c140e65b49cd15f67ad8a2a10675",
         "expo": "^50.0.3",
         "expo-av": "~13.10.4",
         "expo-image": "1.11.0",
@@ -27367,13 +27367,13 @@
     },
     "node_modules/expensify-common": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#4e020cfa13ffabde14313c92b341285aeb919f29",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sx3cIYkmiydNaXRe4kJebPyEje8HfssUbsoB6uW8vvMLwFheCZfkmF9fRMBNLo8BQsfWIstT5TApEhwuWPjqZg==",
+      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#f7efbd084536c140e65b49cd15f67ad8a2a10675",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aLrSTuLNmp9yNJUhik/Uia5KaNVBKp7m+DStcPoed4hSe+tMBDT8HMez7PqO5uRC6GPFrbBr77Aa2AQOB7DVqQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "classnames": "2.5.0",
         "clipboard": "2.0.11",
-        "html-entities": "^2.4.0",
+        "html-entities": "^2.5.2",
         "jquery": "3.6.0",
         "localforage": "^1.10.0",
         "lodash": "4.17.21",
@@ -29526,7 +29526,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/html-entities": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "version": "2.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-2.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-K//PSRMQk4FZ78Kyau+mZurHn3FH0Vwr+H36eE0rPbeYkRRi9YxceYPhuN60UwWorxyKHhqoAJl2OFKa4BVtaA==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -29536,8 +29538,7 @@
           "type": "patreon",
           "url": "https://patreon.com/mdevils"
         }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT"
+      ]
     },
     "node_modules/html-escaper": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eca2cd302045..ab1c997a3b0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "date-fns-tz": "^2.0.0",
     "dom-serializer": "^0.2.2",
     "domhandler": "^4.3.0",
-    "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#4e020cfa13ffabde14313c92b341285aeb919f29",
+    "expensify-common": "git+ssh://git@github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#f7efbd084536c140e65b49cd15f67ad8a2a10675",
     "expo": "^50.0.3",
     "expo-av": "~13.10.4",
     "expo-image": "1.11.0",
diff --git a/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx b/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
index e08d6380bb18..ffc3d5880bba 100644
--- a/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/tasks/TaskDescriptionPage.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
 import * as ErrorUtils from '@libs/ErrorUtils';
 import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import * as ReportUtils from '@libs/ReportUtils';
-import StringUtils from '@libs/StringUtils';
 import updateMultilineInputRange from '@libs/updateMultilineInputRange';
 import withReportOrNotFound from '@pages/home/report/withReportOrNotFound';
 import type {WithReportOrNotFoundProps} from '@pages/home/report/withReportOrNotFound';
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ function TaskDescriptionPage({report, currentUserPersonalDetails}: TaskDescripti
 
     const submit = useCallback(
         (values: FormOnyxValues<typeof ONYXKEYS.FORMS.EDIT_TASK_FORM>) => {
-            // report.description might contain CRLF from the server
-            if (StringUtils.normalizeCRLF(values.description) !== StringUtils.normalizeCRLF(report?.description) && !isEmptyObject(report)) {
+            if (parser.htmlToMarkdown(parser.replace(values.description)) !== parser.htmlToMarkdown(parser.replace(report?.description ?? '')) && !isEmptyObject(report)) {
                 // Set the description of the report in the store and then call EditTask API
                 // to update the description of the report on the server
                 Task.editTask(report, {description: values.description});