diff --git a/docx-core/src/documents/elements/hyperlink.rs b/docx-core/src/documents/elements/hyperlink.rs
index 090a3f1..499d5b2 100644
--- a/docx-core/src/documents/elements/hyperlink.rs
+++ b/docx-core/src/documents/elements/hyperlink.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 
 use super::*;
 use crate::documents::BuildXML;
+use crate::escape::escape;
 use crate::types::*;
 use crate::{create_hyperlink_rid, generate_hyperlink_id, xml_builder::*};
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ impl Hyperlink {
             match t {
                 HyperlinkType::External => HyperlinkData::External {
                     rid: create_hyperlink_rid(generate_hyperlink_id()),
-                    path: value.into(),
+                    path: escape(&value.into()),
                 },
                 HyperlinkType::Anchor => HyperlinkData::Anchor {
                     anchor: value.into(),
diff --git a/docx-wasm/package.json b/docx-wasm/package.json
index 09befe4..501e2c3 100644
--- a/docx-wasm/package.json
+++ b/docx-wasm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "docx-wasm",
-  "version": "0.0.276-rc28",
+  "version": "0.0.276-rc29",
   "main": "dist/node/index.js",
   "browser": "dist/web/index.js",
   "author": "bokuweb <bokuweb12@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb57ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+