diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2b1752af..c692b862 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.14.5",
-        "html-escaper": "^2.0.2",
         "html-parse-stringify": "^3.0.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -7888,7 +7887,8 @@
     "node_modules/html-escaper": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-escaper/-/html-escaper-2.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-H2iMtd0I4Mt5eYiapRdIDjp+XzelXQ0tFE4JS7YFwFevXXMmOp9myNrUvCg0D6ws8iqkRPBfKHgbwig1SmlLfg=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-H2iMtd0I4Mt5eYiapRdIDjp+XzelXQ0tFE4JS7YFwFevXXMmOp9myNrUvCg0D6ws8iqkRPBfKHgbwig1SmlLfg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/html-parse-stringify": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -17684,8 +17684,7 @@
       "version": "5.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn-jsx/-/acorn-jsx-5.3.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-K0Ptm/47OKfQRpNQ2J/oIN/3QYiK6FwW+eJbILhsdxh2WTLdl+30o8aGdTbm5JbffpFFAg/g+zi1E+jvJha5ng==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {}
+      "dev": true
     },
     "acorn-walk": {
       "version": "6.2.0",
@@ -18171,8 +18170,7 @@
       "version": "7.0.0-bridge.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-core/-/babel-core-7.0.0-bridge.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-poPX9mZH/5CSanm50Q+1toVci6pv5KSRv/5TWCwtzQS5XEwn40BcCrgIeMFWP9CKKIniKXNxoIOnOq4VVlGXhg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {}
+      "dev": true
     },
     "babel-eslint": {
       "version": "10.1.0",
@@ -21345,7 +21343,8 @@
     "html-escaper": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-escaper/-/html-escaper-2.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-H2iMtd0I4Mt5eYiapRdIDjp+XzelXQ0tFE4JS7YFwFevXXMmOp9myNrUvCg0D6ws8iqkRPBfKHgbwig1SmlLfg=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-H2iMtd0I4Mt5eYiapRdIDjp+XzelXQ0tFE4JS7YFwFevXXMmOp9myNrUvCg0D6ws8iqkRPBfKHgbwig1SmlLfg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "html-parse-stringify": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -22956,8 +22955,7 @@
       "version": "1.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-pnp-resolver/-/jest-pnp-resolver-1.2.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-olV41bKSMm8BdnuMsewT4jqlZ8+3TCARAXjZGT9jcoSnrfUnRCqnMoF9XEeoWjbzObpqF9dRhHQj0Xb9QdF6/w==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {}
+      "dev": true
     },
     "jest-regex-util": {
       "version": "24.9.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac522142..54bb989a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.14.5",
-    "html-escaper": "^2.0.2",
     "html-parse-stringify": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/Trans.js b/src/Trans.js
index 155804ac..86fc443b 100644
--- a/src/Trans.js
+++ b/src/Trans.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useContext, isValidElement, cloneElement, createElement } from 'react';
 import HTML from 'html-parse-stringify';
-import { unescape } from 'html-escaper';
 import { getI18n, I18nContext, getDefaults } from './context';
 import { warn, warnOnce } from './utils';
 
@@ -124,8 +123,7 @@ function renderNodes(children, targetString, i18n, i18nOptions, combinedTOpts, s
     childrenArray.forEach((child) => {
       if (typeof child === 'string') return;
       if (hasChildren(child)) getData(getChildren(child));
-      else if (typeof child === 'object' && !isValidElement(child))
-        Object.assign(data, child);
+      else if (typeof child === 'object' && !isValidElement(child)) Object.assign(data, child);
     });
   }
 
@@ -249,7 +247,9 @@ function renderNodes(children, targetString, i18n, i18nOptions, combinedTOpts, s
       } else if (node.type === 'text') {
         const wrapTextNodes = i18nOptions.transWrapTextNodes;
         const content = shouldUnescape
-          ? unescape(i18n.services.interpolator.interpolate(node.content, opts, i18n.language))
+          ? i18nOptions.unescape(
+              i18n.services.interpolator.interpolate(node.content, opts, i18n.language),
+            )
           : i18n.services.interpolator.interpolate(node.content, opts, i18n.language);
         if (wrapTextNodes) {
           mem.push(createElement(wrapTextNodes, { key: `${node.name}-${i}` }, content));
diff --git a/src/context.js b/src/context.js
index 5efd1457..d33664ad 100644
--- a/src/context.js
+++ b/src/context.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createContext } from 'react';
+import { unescape } from './unescape';
 
 let defaultOptions = {
   bindI18n: 'languageChanged',
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ let defaultOptions = {
   transKeepBasicHtmlNodesFor: ['br', 'strong', 'i', 'p'],
   // hashTransKey: key => key // calculate a key for Trans component based on defaultValue
   useSuspense: true,
+  unescape,
 };
 
 let i18nInstance;
diff --git a/src/unescape.js b/src/unescape.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b01a2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unescape.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const matchHtmlEntity = /&(?:amp|#38|lt|#60|gt|#62|apos|#39|quot|#34);/g;
+
+const htmlEntities = {
+  '&': '&',
+  '&': '&',
+  '&lt;': '<',
+  '&#60;': '<',
+  '&gt;': '>',
+  '&#62;': '>',
+  '&apos;': "'",
+  '&#39;': "'",
+  '&quot;': '"',
+  '&#34;': '"',
+};
+
+const unescapeHtmlEntity = (m) => htmlEntities[m];
+
+export const unescape = (text) => text.replace(matchHtmlEntity, unescapeHtmlEntity);
diff --git a/test/i18n.js b/test/i18n.js
index 5ce3f156..d1237627 100644
--- a/test/i18n.js
+++ b/test/i18n.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ i18n.init({
         transTest3_overwrite:
           'Result should be a clickable link <0 href="https://www.google.com">Google</0>',
         transTestEscapedHtml: 'Escaped html should unescape correctly <0>&lt;&nbsp;&amp;&gt;</0>.',
+        transTestCustomUnescape: 'Text should be passed through custom unescape <0>&shy;</0>',
         testTransWithCtx: 'Go <1>there</1>.',
         testTransWithCtx_home: 'Go <1>home</1>.',
         deepPath: {
diff --git a/test/trans.render.spec.js b/test/trans.render.spec.js
index 3ff288fa..ec9cb915 100644
--- a/test/trans.render.spec.js
+++ b/test/trans.render.spec.js
@@ -644,6 +644,35 @@ describe('trans should allow escaped html', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('trans with custom unescape', () => {
+  let orgValue;
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    orgValue = i18n.options.react.unescape;
+    i18n.options.react.unescape = (text) => text.replace('&shy;', '\u00AD');
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    i18n.options.react.unescape = orgValue;
+  });
+
+  it('should allow unescape override', () => {
+    const TestComponent = () => (
+      <Trans i18nKey="transTestCustomUnescape" components={[<Link to="/msgs" />]} shouldUnescape />
+    );
+    const { container } = render(<TestComponent />);
+    expect(container.firstChild).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      <div>
+        Text should be passed through custom unescape 
+        <a
+          href="/msgs"
+        >
+          \u00AD
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    `);
+  });
+});
+
 it('transSupportBasicHtmlNodes: false should not keep the name of simple nodes', () => {
   const cloneInst = i18n.cloneInstance({
     react: { transSupportBasicHtmlNodes: false, defaultTransParent: 'div' },