diff --git a/bookwyrm/utils/sanitizer.py b/bookwyrm/utils/sanitizer.py
index 4f5132c9e..1467ee3e1 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/utils/sanitizer.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/utils/sanitizer.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def clean(input_text: str) -> str:
     """Run through "bleach" """
     return bleach.clean(
         input_text,
-        tags=[
+        tags={
             "p",
             "blockquote",
             "br",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def clean(input_text: str) -> str:
             "ul",
             "ol",
             "li",
-        ],
+        },
         attributes=["href", "rel", "src", "alt", "data-mention"],
         strip=True,
     )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d610d1e33..59ec8d2bd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 aiohttp==3.9.4
-bleach==5.0.1
+bleach==6.1.0
 boto3==1.34.74
 bw-file-resubmit==0.6.0rc2
 celery==5.3.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pytest-django==4.8.0
 pytest-env==0.6.2
 pytest-xdist==2.3.0
 pytidylib==0.3.2
-types-bleach==6.0.0.4
+types-bleach==6.1.0.20240331
 types-dataclasses==0.6.6
 types-Markdown==3.4.2.10
 types-Pillow==10.2.0.20240311