diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
index 9266bd3bb89..af84af4ab87 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dompurify": "^2.3.1",
-    "highlight.js": "^11.2.0",
+    "highlight.js": "^10.4.1",
     "markdown-it": "^12.0.3",
     "markdown-it-front-matter": "^0.2.1",
     "vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.4.1",
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
index b27ee7b31c2..cbd677de9c9 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
@@ -63,16 +63,11 @@ entities@~2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.1.0.tgz#992d3129cf7df6870b96c57858c249a120f8b8b5"
   integrity sha512-hCx1oky9PFrJ611mf0ifBLBRW8lUUVRlFolb5gWRfIELabBlbp9xZvrqZLZAs+NxFnbfQoeGd8wDkygjg7U85w==
 
-highlight.js@*:
+highlight.js@*, highlight.js@^10.4.1:
   version "10.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-10.4.1.tgz#d48fbcf4a9971c4361b3f95f302747afe19dbad0"
   integrity sha512-yR5lWvNz7c85OhVAEAeFhVCc/GV4C30Fjzc/rCP0aCWzc1UUOPUk55dK/qdwTZHBvMZo+eZ2jpk62ndX/xMFlg==
 
-highlight.js@^11.2.0:
-  version "11.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.2.0.tgz#a7e3b8c1fdc4f0538b93b2dc2ddd53a40c6ab0f0"
-  integrity sha512-JOySjtOEcyG8s4MLR2MNbLUyaXqUunmSnL2kdV/KuGJOmHZuAR5xC54Ko7goAXBWNhf09Vy3B+U7vR62UZ/0iw==
-
 linkify-it@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-3.0.2.tgz#f55eeb8bc1d3ae754049e124ab3bb56d97797fb8"