diff --git a/libraries/src/Filter/OutputFilter.php b/libraries/src/Filter/OutputFilter.php
index bbb44cabaa251..f5aa0758c4f2e 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Filter/OutputFilter.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Filter/OutputFilter.php
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public static function stringURLSafe($string, $language = '')
 		// Trim white spaces at beginning and end of alias and make lowercase
 		$str = trim(StringHelper::strtolower($str));
 
+		// Remove any apostrophe. We do it here to ensure it is not replaced by a '-'
+		$str = str_replace("'", '', $str);
+
 		// Remove any duplicate whitespace, and ensure all characters are alphanumeric
 		$str = preg_replace('/(\s|[^A-Za-z0-9\-])+/', '-', $str);
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Libraries/Cms/Filter/OutputFilterTest.php b/tests/Unit/Libraries/Cms/Filter/OutputFilterTest.php
index fe71294a1d9a1..84bc75f61856d 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Libraries/Cms/Filter/OutputFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Libraries/Cms/Filter/OutputFilterTest.php
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ public function testStringURLSafe()
 			OutputFilter::stringURLSafe('`1234567890-=~!@#$%^&*()_+	qwertyuiop[]\QWERTYUIOP{}|asdfghjkl;\'ASDFGHJKL:"zxcvbnm,./ZXCVBNM<>?'),
 			'Should clean keyboard string down to ASCII-7'
 		);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'joomlas-version',
+			OutputFilter::stringURLSafe('joomla\'s version'),
+			'Should remove apostrophe from the string'
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**