diff --git a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/base.test.tsx.snap b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/base.test.tsx.snap
index 3bef7042..99b08bf5 100644
--- a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/base.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/base.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 exports[`server > API > renders base tag as React component 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > API > renders base tags as string 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > API > renders base tags as string 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\">"`;
 
 exports[`server > Declarative API > renders base tag as React component 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > Declarative API > renders base tags as string 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > Declarative API > renders base tags as string 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\">"`;
diff --git a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/helmetData.test.tsx.snap b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/helmetData.test.tsx.snap
index 1c59a650..9fca6747 100644
--- a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/helmetData.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/helmetData.test.tsx.snap
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ exports[`Helmet Data > browser > renders without context 1`] = `"<base target=\\
 
 exports[`Helmet Data > browser > sets base tag based on deepest nested component 1`] = `"<base href=\\"http://mysite.com/public\\" data-rh=\\"true\\">"`;
 
-exports[`Helmet Data > server > renders declarative without context 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
+exports[`Helmet Data > server > renders declarative without context 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\">"`;
 
-exports[`Helmet Data > server > renders without context 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\"/>"`;
+exports[`Helmet Data > server > renders without context 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://localhost/\\">"`;
 
-exports[`Helmet Data > server > sets base tag based on deepest nested component 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://mysite.com/public\\"/>"`;
+exports[`Helmet Data > server > sets base tag based on deepest nested component 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://mysite.com/public\\">"`;
 
-exports[`Helmet Data > server > works with the same context object but separate HelmetData instances 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://mysite.com/public\\"/>"`;
+exports[`Helmet Data > server > works with the same context object but separate HelmetData instances 1`] = `"<base data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://mysite.com/public\\">"`;
diff --git a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/link.test.tsx.snap b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/link.test.tsx.snap
index 7bd9b115..1da92557 100644
--- a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/link.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/link.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 exports[`server > API > renders link tags as React components 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"/><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > API > renders link tags as string 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"/><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > API > renders link tags as string 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\">"`;
 
 exports[`server > Declarative API > renders link tags as React components 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"/><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > Declarative API > renders link tags as string 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"/><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > Declarative API > renders link tags as string 1`] = `"<link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/helmet\\" rel=\\"canonical\\"><link data-rh=\\"true\\" href=\\"http://localhost/style.css\\" rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\">"`;
diff --git a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/meta.test.tsx.snap b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/meta.test.tsx.snap
index ce66d2f6..1a58a838 100644
--- a/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/meta.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/__tests__/server/__snapshots__/meta.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 exports[`server > API > renders meta tags as React components 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charSet=\\"utf-8\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemProp=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > API > renders meta tags as string 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemprop=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > API > renders meta tags as string 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemprop=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\">"`;
 
 exports[`server > Declarative API > renders meta tags as React components 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charSet=\\"utf-8\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemProp=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\"/>"`;
 
-exports[`server > Declarative API > renders meta tags as string 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"/><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemprop=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\"/>"`;
+exports[`server > Declarative API > renders meta tags as string 1`] = `"<meta data-rh=\\"true\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" name=\\"description\\" content=\\"Test description &amp; encoding of special characters like &#x27; &quot; &gt; &lt; \`\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" http-equiv=\\"content-type\\" content=\\"text/html\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" property=\\"og:type\\" content=\\"article\\"><meta data-rh=\\"true\\" itemprop=\\"name\\" content=\\"Test name itemprop\\">"`;
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 52106e88..0791c8a4 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const generateTagsAsString = (type: string, tags: HTMLElement[], encode = true)
     const isSelfClosing = SELF_CLOSING_TAGS.indexOf(type) === -1;
 
     return `${str}<${type} ${HELMET_ATTRIBUTE}="true" ${attributeHtml}${
-      isSelfClosing ? `/>` : `>${tagContent}</${type}>`
+      isSelfClosing ? `>` : `>${tagContent}</${type}>`
     }`;
   }, '');