diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a338c5c..d824d01 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,5 +25,13 @@
         }
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
-    "prefer-stable": true
+    "prefer-stable": true,
+    "config": {
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "composer/installers": true,
+            "silverstripe/vendor-plugin": true,
+            "silverstripe/recipe-plugin": true,
+            "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Jobs/OaiRecordUpdateJob.php b/src/Jobs/OaiRecordUpdateJob.php
index 060b4a2..cc71c50 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/OaiRecordUpdateJob.php
+++ b/src/Jobs/OaiRecordUpdateJob.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected function updateOaiRecord(DataObject $dataObject): void
                 $errors[] = sprintf('Unsupported OAI field provided: %s', $oaiField);
             }
 
-            $oaiRecord->{$oaiField} = $dataObject->relField($dataObjectField);
+            $oaiRecord->{$oaiField} = $this->sanitiseContent($dataObject->relField($dataObjectField));
         }
 
         if ($errors) {
@@ -160,4 +160,18 @@ protected function getOaiRecord(): ?OaiRecord
         return $oaiRecord;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $content
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function sanitiseContent($content)
+    {
+        if (!is_string($content)) {
+            return $content;
+        }
+
+        // Attempt to remove any illegal characters
+        return preg_replace('/[^\x{0009}\x{000a}\x{000d}\x{0020}-\x{D7FF}\x{E000}-\x{FFFD}]+/u', ' ', $content);
+    }
+
 }