diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index de9fc4e..e47a4a1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
+        "html-entities": "^2.6.0",
         "marked": "^16.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -5504,6 +5505,22 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/html-entities": {
+      "version": "2.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-2.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kig+rMn/QOVRvr7c86gQ8lWXq+Hkv6CbAH1hLu+RG338StTpE8Z0b44SDVaqVu7HGKf27frdmUYEs9hTUX/cLQ==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/mdevils"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "patreon",
+          "url": "https://patreon.com/mdevils"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/html-escaper": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-escaper/-/html-escaper-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4ce8bd..799cfad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "react": "^16.8.0 || >=17.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "html-entities": "^2.6.0",
     "marked": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index 2d2f587..bb6c60e 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-const htmlUnescapes: Record<string, string> = {
-  '&amp;': '&',
-  '&lt;': '<',
-  '&gt;': '>',
-  '&quot;': '"',
-  '&#39;': "'",
-  '&nbsp;': ' ',
-  '&#160;': ' ',
-};
-
-/** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
-const reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|nbsp|#(?:0+)?(?:39|160));/g;
-const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source);
+import { decode } from 'html-entities';
 
 export const unescape = (str = '') => {
-  return reHasEscapedHtml.test(str) ? str.replace(reEscapedHtml, (entity) => htmlUnescapes[entity] || "'") : str;
+  if (!str || !str.includes('&')) {
+    return str;
+  }
+
+  return decode(str);
 };
 
 export const joinBase = (path: string, base?: string) => {
diff --git a/tests/helpers.spec.ts b/tests/helpers.spec.ts
index 518ac95..98b39aa 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.spec.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,52 @@ describe('Helpers', () => {
     expect(joinBase('/path', 'http:')).toBe('/path');
   });
 
-  it('should unescape strings', () => {
+  it('should unescape basic entities', () => {
     expect(unescape('&amp;')).toBe('&');
     expect(unescape('&lt;')).toBe('<');
     expect(unescape('&gt;')).toBe('>');
     expect(unescape('&quot;')).toBe('"');
     expect(unescape('&#39;')).toBe("'");
-    expect(unescape('&nbsp;')).toBe(' ');
-    expect(unescape('&#160;')).toBe(' ');
+  });
+
+  it('should unescape named entities', () => {
+    expect(unescape('&nbsp;')).toBe('\u00A0');
+    expect(unescape('&copy;')).toBe('©');
+    expect(unescape('&reg;')).toBe('®');
+    expect(unescape('&trade;')).toBe('™');
+    expect(unescape('&euro;')).toBe('€');
+  });
+
+  it('should unescape numeric character references', () => {
+    expect(unescape('&#64;')).toBe('@');
+    expect(unescape('&#8364;')).toBe('€');
+    expect(unescape('&#x40;')).toBe('@');
+    expect(unescape('&#x20AC;')).toBe('€');
+    expect(unescape('&#160;')).toBe('\u00A0');
+  });
+
+  it('should unescape exotic entities', () => {
+    expect(unescape('&hearts;')).toBe('♥');
+    expect(unescape('&spades;')).toBe('♠');
+    expect(unescape('&clubs;')).toBe('♣');
+    expect(unescape('&diams;')).toBe('♦');
+    expect(unescape('&alpha;')).toBe('α');
+    expect(unescape('&beta;')).toBe('β');
+    expect(unescape('&gamma;')).toBe('γ');
+    expect(unescape('&pi;')).toBe('π');
+    expect(unescape('&sum;')).toBe('∑');
+    expect(unescape('&infin;')).toBe('∞');
+    expect(unescape('&asymp;')).toBe('≈');
+    expect(unescape('&ne;')).toBe('≠');
+    expect(unescape('&le;')).toBe('≤');
+    expect(unescape('&ge;')).toBe('≥');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle edge cases', () => {
+    expect(unescape('Tom &amp; Jerry &lt;div&gt;')).toBe('Tom & Jerry <div>');
     expect(unescape('')).toBe('');
     expect(unescape()).toBe('');
+    expect(unescape('No entities here')).toBe('No entities here');
+    expect(unescape('Just & ampersand')).toBe('Just & ampersand');
   });
 });