diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/api-test/account.api.spec.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/api-test/account.api.spec.ts
index f921104e9d2..d544a8590f9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/api-test/account.api.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/api-test/account.api.spec.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ describe('Account Controller (API)', () => {
 				.send(params)
 				.expect(400);
 		});
+
+		it('should strip HTML off of firstName and lastName', async () => {
+			currentUser = mapUserToCurrentUser(teacherUser, teacherAccount);
+			const params: PatchMyAccountParams = {
+				passwordOld: defaultPassword,
+				firstName: 'Jane<script>alert("XSS")</script>',
+				lastName: '<b>Doe</b>',
+			};
+
+			await request(app.getHttpServer()) //
+				.patch(`${basePath}/me`)
+				.send(params)
+				.expect(200);
+
+			const updatedUser = await em.findOneOrFail(User, teacherUser.id);
+			expect(updatedUser.firstName).toEqual('Jane');
+			expect(updatedUser.lastName).toEqual('Doe');
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('[GET]', () => {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/dto/patch-my-account.params.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/dto/patch-my-account.params.ts
index 28874bb255a..083a75b4545 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/dto/patch-my-account.params.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/account/controller/dto/patch-my-account.params.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
-import { PrivacyProtect } from '@shared/controller';
+import { PrivacyProtect, SanitizeHtml } from '@shared/controller';
 import { IsEmail, IsOptional, IsString, Matches } from 'class-validator';
 import { passwordPattern } from './password-pattern';
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class PatchMyAccountParams {
 
 	@IsString()
 	@IsOptional()
+	@SanitizeHtml()
 	@ApiProperty({
 		description: 'The new first name for the current user.',
 		required: false,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export class PatchMyAccountParams {
 
 	@IsString()
 	@IsOptional()
+	@SanitizeHtml()
 	@ApiProperty({
 		description: 'The new last name for the current user.',
 		required: false,