diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b722d211c74..5434e6ac181 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 v1.2.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.9.1
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.14
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream v1.4.11 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.32 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5974fd353f7..60b456656d0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/locker v0.0.0-20171006230638-a6e239ea1c69/go.mod h1:L1AbZd
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
-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 v1.2.1 h1:QsZ4TjvwiMpat6gBCBxEQI0rcS9ehtkKtSpiUnd9N28=
+github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ZwHcC/82TOaovDi//J/804umJFFmbOHPngi8iYYv/Eo=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.1 h1:XivOgYcduV98QCahG8T5XTezV5bylXe+lBxLG2K2ink=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.9.1 h1:0O3lTQh9FxazJ4BYE/MOi/vDGuHn7B+6Bu902N2UZvU=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.9.1/go.mod h1:4TQu7gdfuPjSh76j78ietmqh9LiurGF0EpseFXdKMBw=