diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8aabb09174..263e504cbd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@elastic/eui-release-cli": "link:packages/release-cli"
   },
   "resolutions": {
-    "prismjs": "1.27.0",
+    "prismjs": "1.30.0",
     "react": "^18",
     "@types/react": "^18",
     "react-focus-lock": "2.9.5",
diff --git a/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8506.md b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8506.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cb76f3fd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eui/changelogs/upcoming/8506.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Dependency updates**
+
+- Updated `prismjs` to v1.30.0
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6437a2294b8..b93df735fa0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -32472,10 +32472,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"prismjs@npm:1.27.0":
-  version: 1.27.0
-  resolution: "prismjs@npm:1.27.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/841cbf53e837a42df9155c5ce1be52c4a0a8967ac916b52a27d066181a3578186c634e52d06d0547fb62b65c486b99b95f826dd54966619f9721b884f486b498
+"prismjs@npm:1.30.0":
+  version: 1.30.0
+  resolution: "prismjs@npm:1.30.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/f56205bfd58ef71ccfcbcb691fd0eb84adc96c6ff21b0b69fc6fdcf02be42d6ef972ba4aed60466310de3d67733f6a746f89f2fb79c00bf217406d465b3e8f23
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard