diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32bbf214..33d27a41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [1.1.1](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1) (2020-12-27)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* escape tags inside of `<title>` (html-dom-parser@1.0.0) ([07e1055](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/commit/07e10551f5febfa70075df22255cb2eb1dec5f54)), closes [#202](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/issues/202)
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0) (2020-12-26)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d55ea4e6..29276a0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,18 +176,19 @@ parse('<p id="replace">text</p>', {
 });
 ```
 
-For TypeScript projects, check that `domNode` is an instance of domhandler's `Element`:
+For TypeScript projects, you may need to check that `domNode` is an instance of domhandler's `Element`:
 
 ```tsx
-import parse, { Element } from 'html-react-parser';
+import { HTMLReactParserOptions } from 'html-react-parser';
+import { Element } from 'domhandler/lib/node';
 
-parse('<p id="replace">text</p>', {
+const options: HTMLReactParserOptions = {
   replace: domNode => {
-    if (domNode instanceof Element && domNode.attribs.id === 'replace') {
-      return <span>replaced</span>;
+    if (domNode instanceof Element && domNode.attribs) {
+      // ...
     }
   }
-});
+};
 ```
 
 The following [example](https://repl.it/@remarkablemark/html-react-parser-replace-example) modifies the element along with its children:
@@ -313,23 +314,21 @@ parse('<br>', {
 
 ### htmlparser2
 
-The default [htmlparser2 options](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options) are:
+Along with the default [htmlparser2 options](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options#option-xmlmode), the parser also sets:
 
-```js
+```json
 {
-  decodeEntities: true,
-  lowerCaseAttributeNames: false
+  "lowerCaseAttributeNames": false
 }
 ```
 
 Since [v0.12.0](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/tree/v0.12.0), the htmlparser2 options can be overridden.
 
-The following example enables [`decodeEntities`](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options#option-decodeentities) and [`xmlMode`](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options#option-xmlmode):
+The following example enables [`xmlMode`](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options#option-xmlmode) but disables [`lowerCaseAttributeNames`](https://github.com/fb55/htmlparser2/wiki/Parser-options#option-lowercaseattributenames):
 
 ```js
 parse('<p /><p />', {
   htmlparser2: {
-    decodeEntities: true,
     xmlMode: true
   }
 });
@@ -367,12 +366,12 @@ parse('<p> </p>', { trim: true }); // React.createElement('p')
 
 ### v1.0.0
 
-TypeScript projects will need to check the types in [v1.0.0](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/releases/tag/v1.0.0).
+TypeScript projects will need to update the types in [v1.0.0](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/releases/tag/v1.0.0).
 
-For `replace` option:
+For the `replace` option, you may need to do the following:
 
 ```tsx
-import parse, { Element } from 'html-react-parser';
+import { Element } from 'domhandler/lib/node';
 
 parse('<br class="remove">', {
   replace: domNode => {
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ See [#62](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/issues/62) and [ex
 
 ### TS Error: Property 'attribs' does not exist on type 'DOMNode'
 
-The TypeScript error happens because `DOMNode` needs be an instance of domhandler's `Element`. See [migration](#migration) or [#199](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/issues/199).
+The TypeScript error occurs because `DOMNode` needs be an instance of domhandler's `Element`. See [migration](#migration) or [#199](https://github.com/remarkablemark/html-react-parser/issues/199).
 
 ## Performance
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c66fbbdf..3929d5a5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ var domToReact = require('./lib/dom-to-react');
 var attributesToProps = require('./lib/attributes-to-props');
 var htmlToDOM = require('html-dom-parser');
 
-// decode HTML entities by default for `htmlparser2`
-var domParserOptions = { decodeEntities: true, lowerCaseAttributeNames: false };
+var domParserOptions = { lowerCaseAttributeNames: false };
 
 /**
  * Converts HTML string to React elements.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78608284..2cd1b8a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "html-react-parser",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "HTML to React parser.",
   "author": "Mark <mark@remarkablemark.org>",
   "main": "index.js",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "dom"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "html-dom-parser": "0.5.0",
+    "html-dom-parser": "1.0.0",
     "react-property": "1.0.1",
     "style-to-js": "1.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 658946d3..772788cd 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`HTMLReactParser escapes tags inside of <title> 1`] = `
+<title>
+  &lt;em&gt;text&lt;/em&gt;
+</title>
+`;
+
 exports[`HTMLReactParser parses SVG 1`] = `
 <svg
   height="400"
diff --git a/test/data/html.js b/test/data/html.js
index 40c28927..e065a88e 100644
--- a/test/data/html.js
+++ b/test/data/html.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
   void: '<link/><meta/><img/><br/><hr/><input/>',
   comment: '<!-- comment -->',
   doctype: '<!DOCTYPE html>',
+  title: '<title><em>text</em></title>',
   customElement:
     '<custom-element class="myClass" custom-attribute="value" style="-o-transition: all .5s; line-height: 1;"></custom-element>'
 };
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 59f0ba5f..4ceb844c 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ describe('HTMLReactParser', () => {
     const reactElement = parse('<i>' + encodedEntities + '</i>');
     expect(reactElement.props.children).toBe(decodedEntities);
   });
+
+  it('escapes tags inside of <title>', () => {
+    expect(parse(html.title)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('replace option', () => {