diff --git a/admin/framework/composer.json b/admin/framework/composer.json
index 0550502fd22c..499a97eae337 100644
--- a/admin/framework/composer.json
+++ b/admin/framework/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-intl": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.14",
+        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.17",
         "psr/log": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4bc099e2b219..d91d2df06b27 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-intl": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.14",
+        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.17",
         "psr/log": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php b/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
index 0a99cdb0bb28..b6d7f72bdd54 100644
--- a/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
+++ b/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\Config;
 
 use Laminas\Escaper\Escaper;
+use Laminas\Escaper\EscaperInterface;
 use Laminas\Escaper\Exception\ExceptionInterface;
 use Laminas\Escaper\Exception\InvalidArgumentException as EscaperInvalidArgumentException;
 use Laminas\Escaper\Exception\RuntimeException;
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ class AutoloadConfig
         ExceptionInterface::class              => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php',
         EscaperInvalidArgumentException::class => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php',
         RuntimeException::class                => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php',
+        EscaperInterface::class                => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php',
         Escaper::class                         => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/Escaper.php',
     ];