diff --git a/html_terminator.gemspec b/html_terminator.gemspec
index 44cfc95..b362c5c 100644
--- a/html_terminator.gemspec
+++ b/html_terminator.gemspec
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "sanitize"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "sanitize", "~> 4.0"
 end
diff --git a/lib/html_terminator.rb b/lib/html_terminator.rb
index 9dcf094..d6073e6 100644
--- a/lib/html_terminator.rb
+++ b/lib/html_terminator.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module HtmlTerminator
 
   def self.sanitize(val)
     if val.is_a?(String) && !skip_sanitize?(val)
-      Sanitize.clean(val, SANITIZE_OPTIONS).strip.gsub(/&/, "&")
+      Sanitize.fragment(val, SANITIZE_OPTIONS).strip.gsub(/&/, "&")
     else
       val
     end