diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1647b4882a..bbcdb2f7e3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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 				"entities": "^3.0.1",
 				"escape-html": "^1.0.3",
-				"highlight.js": "^10.7.2",
+				"highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
 				"markdown-it": "^12.2.0",
 				"markdown-it-task-lists": "^2.1.1",
 				"prosemirror-collab": "^1.2.2",
@@ -10558,11 +10558,11 @@
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 		},
 		"node_modules/highlight.js": {
-			"version": "10.7.3",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.7.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-tzcUFauisWKNHaRkN4Wjl/ZA07gENAjFl3J/c480dprkGTg5EQstgaNFqBfUqCq54kZRIEcreTsAgF/m2quD7A==",
+			"version": "11.3.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.3.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-PUhCRnPjLtiLHZAQ5A/Dt5F8cWZeMyj9KRsACsWT+OD6OP0x6dp5OmT5jdx0JgEyPxPZZIPQpRN2TciUT7occw==",
 			"engines": {
-				"node": "*"
+				"node": ">=12.0.0"
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/hmac-drbg": {
@@ -15504,6 +15504,14 @@
 				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/lowlight/node_modules/highlight.js": {
+			"version": "10.7.3",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.7.3.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-tzcUFauisWKNHaRkN4Wjl/ZA07gENAjFl3J/c480dprkGTg5EQstgaNFqBfUqCq54kZRIEcreTsAgF/m2quD7A==",
+			"engines": {
+				"node": "*"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/lru-cache": {
 			"version": "4.1.5",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.5.tgz",
@@ -32048,9 +32056,9 @@
 			"peer": true
 		},
 		"highlight.js": {
-			"version": "10.7.3",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.7.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-tzcUFauisWKNHaRkN4Wjl/ZA07gENAjFl3J/c480dprkGTg5EQstgaNFqBfUqCq54kZRIEcreTsAgF/m2quD7A=="
+			"version": "11.3.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.3.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-PUhCRnPjLtiLHZAQ5A/Dt5F8cWZeMyj9KRsACsWT+OD6OP0x6dp5OmT5jdx0JgEyPxPZZIPQpRN2TciUT7occw=="
 		},
 		"hmac-drbg": {
 			"version": "1.0.1",
@@ -35810,6 +35818,13 @@
 			"requires": {
 				"fault": "^1.0.0",
 				"highlight.js": "~10.7.0"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"highlight.js": {
+					"version": "10.7.3",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.7.3.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-tzcUFauisWKNHaRkN4Wjl/ZA07gENAjFl3J/c480dprkGTg5EQstgaNFqBfUqCq54kZRIEcreTsAgF/m2quD7A=="
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"lru-cache": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7f9c3edd4..5049312cd2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		"core-js": "^3.18.3",
 		"entities": "^3.0.1",
 		"escape-html": "^1.0.3",
-		"highlight.js": "^10.7.2",
+		"highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
 		"markdown-it": "^12.2.0",
 		"markdown-it-task-lists": "^2.1.1",
 		"prosemirror-collab": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/src/EditorFactory.js b/src/EditorFactory.js
index 3123eb9d92..861fa0b1f7 100644
--- a/src/EditorFactory.js
+++ b/src/EditorFactory.js
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ const loadSyntaxHighlight = async (language) => {
 	const modules = {}
 	for (let i = 0; i < languages.length; i++) {
 		try {
-			const lang = await import(/* webpackChunkName: "highlight/[request]" */'highlight.js/lib/languages/' + languages[i])
+			const lang = await import(
+				/* webpackChunkName: "highlight/[request]" */
+				'../node_modules/highlight.js/lib/languages/' + languages[i])
 			modules[languages[i]] = lang.default
 		} catch (e) {
 			// No matching highlighing found, fallback to none