diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c83b2aa8..1082f9ce1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.5.1
+### Bug fixes
+- Remove HTML tag when handling slug
+
 ## 1.5.0
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index daf48672b..fd618aa67 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export function slugify (string) {
   if (!maintainCase) string = string.toLowerCase()
 
   let slug = string.trim()
+    .replace(/<[^>\d]+>/g, '')
     .replace(re, '')
     .replace(/\s/g, replacement)
   let occurrences = slugify.occurrences[slug]