diff --git a/ietf/utils/text.py b/ietf/utils/text.py
index d5463c9f4a..48f5538cba 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/text.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/text.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 from .texescape import init as texescape_init, tex_escape_map
 
 tlds_sorted = sorted(tlds.tld_set, key=len, reverse=True)
-protocols = copy.copy(bleach.sanitizer.ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS)
-protocols.append("ftp")  # we still have some ftp links
-protocols.append("xmpp")  # we still have some xmpp links
+protocols = set(bleach.sanitizer.ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS)
+protocols.add("ftp")  # we still have some ftp links
+protocols.add("xmpp")  # we still have some xmpp links
 
-tags = set(copy.copy(bleach.sanitizer.ALLOWED_TAGS)).union(
+tags = set(bleach.sanitizer.ALLOWED_TAGS).union(
     {
         # fmt: off
         'a', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'address', 'b', 'big',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0e7953d14..7a5662ffa7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ setuptools>=51.1.0    # Require this first, to prevent later errors
 argon2-cffi>=21.3.0    # For the Argon2 password hasher option
 beautifulsoup4>=4.11.1    # Only used in tests
 bibtexparser>=1.2.0    # Only used in tests
-bleach>=5.0.0
+bleach>=6
 celery>=5.2.6
 coverage>=4.5.4,<5.0    # Coverage 5.x moves from a json database to SQLite.  Moving to 5.x will require substantial rewrites in ietf.utils.test_runner and ietf.release.views
 decorator>=5.1.1