diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9bce95c..0c78ee3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ plugins: [
 ### Minification
 
 If the `minify` option is set to `true` (the default when webpack's `mode` is `'production'`),
-the generated HTML will be minified using [html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier)
+the generated HTML will be minified using [html-minifier-terser](https://github.com/DanielRuf/html-minifier-terser)
 and the following options:
 
 ```js
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ and the following options:
 }
 ```
 
-To use custom [html-minifier options](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier#options-quick-reference)
+To use custom [html-minifier options](https://github.com/DanielRuf/html-minifier-terser#options-quick-reference)
 pass an object to `minify` instead. This object will not be merged with the defaults above.
 
 To disable minification during production mode set the `minify` option to `false`.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3dcfbde9..2442e373 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
       ? this.injectAssetsIntoHtml(html, assets, assetTags)
       : html;
     const htmlAfterMinification = typeof this.options.minify === 'object'
-      ? require('html-minifier').minify(htmlAfterInjection, this.options.minify)
+      ? require('html-minifier-terser').minify(htmlAfterInjection, this.options.minify)
       : htmlAfterInjection;
     return Promise.resolve(htmlAfterMinification);
   }