diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3106adc0..c9b05b77b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -832,9 +832,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.26"
+version = "4.5.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8eb5e908ef3a6efbe1ed62520fb7287959888c88485abe072543190ecc66783"
+checksum = "769b0145982b4b48713e01ec42d61614425f27b7058bda7180a3a41f30104796"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -842,9 +842,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.26"
+version = "4.5.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96b01801b5fc6a0a232407abc821660c9c6d25a1cafc0d4f85f29fb8d9afc121"
+checksum = "1b26884eb4b57140e4d2d93652abfa49498b938b3c9179f9fc487b0acc3edad7"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "diff",
  "regex",
  "same-file",
- "unicode-width",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.13",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1930,15 +1930,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "html2text"
-version = "0.12.6"
+version = "0.13.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "042a9677c258ac2952dd026bb0cd21972f00f644a5a38f5a215cb22cdaf6834e"
+checksum = "1bf7722c2ffdd62628b6e13065b6ab6cf154a236bd476c6e89af1352d745b83e"
 dependencies = [
- "html5ever 0.27.0",
- "markup5ever 0.12.1",
+ "html5ever 0.29.0",
+ "markup5ever 0.14.0",
+ "nom",
  "tendril",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "unicode-width",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1969,6 +1970,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.96",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "html5ever"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e15626aaf9c351bc696217cbe29cb9b5e86c43f8a46b5e2f5c6c5cf7cb904ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever 0.14.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.96",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -2957,7 +2972,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3155,6 +3170,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82c88c6129bd24319e62a0359cb6b958fa7e8be6e19bb1663bc396b90883aca5"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "phf 0.11.3",
+ "phf_codegen 0.11.3",
+ "string_cache",
+ "string_cache_codegen",
+ "tendril",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "markup5ever_rcdom"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4443,9 +4472,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.24"
+version = "1.0.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3cb6eb87a131f756572d7fb904f6e7b68633f09cca868c5df1c4b8d1a694bbba"
+checksum = "f79dfe2d285b0488816f30e700a7438c5a73d816b5b7d3ac72fbc48b0d185e03"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -4469,9 +4498,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.135"
+version = "1.0.137"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b0d7ba2887406110130a978386c4e1befb98c674b4fba677954e4db976630d9"
+checksum = "930cfb6e6abf99298aaad7d29abbef7a9999a9a8806a40088f55f0dcec03146b"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.7.0",
  "itoa",
@@ -5466,6 +5495,12 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0336d538f7abc86d282a4189614dfaa90810dfc2c6f6427eaf88e16311dd225d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fc81956842c57dac11422a97c3b8195a1ff727f06e85c84ed2e8aa277c9a0fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -5528,9 +5563,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "744018581f9a3454a9e15beb8a33b017183f1e7c0cd170232a2d1453b23a51c4"
+checksum = "b3758f5e68192bb96cc8f9b7e2c2cfdabb435499a28499a42f8f984092adad4b"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "serde",
@@ -5766,7 +5801,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c83037a5..ad88bd610 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.39", features = [
   "now",
   "serde",
 ], default-features = false }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.135", features = ["preserve_order"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 base64 = "0.22.1"
-uuid = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.12.1", features = ["serde"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.85"
 captcha = "0.0.9"
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.95", features = ["backtrace"] }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 enum-map = "2.7"
 moka = { version = "0.12.10", features = ["future"] }
 i-love-jesus = { version = "0.1.0" }
-clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.27", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 derive-new = "0.7.0"
 diesel-bind-if-some = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
index bd6fe3d28..75d16ff0f 100644
--- a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true }
 moka.workspace = true
 serde_with.workspace = true
 html2md = "0.2.15"
-html2text = "0.12.6"
+html2text = "0.13.6"
 stringreader = "0.1.1"
 enum_delegate = "0.2.0"
-semver = "1.0.24"
+semver = "1.0.25"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
index 73e940a3c..64effbe6a 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use activitypub_federation::{
 };
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use html2text::{from_read_with_decorator, render::text_renderer::TrivialDecorator};
+use html2text::{from_read_with_decorator, render::TrivialDecorator};
 use lemmy_api_common::{
   context::LemmyContext,
   request::generate_post_link_metadata,
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl Object for ApubPost {
           .map(StringReader::new)
           .map(|c| from_read_with_decorator(c, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH, TrivialDecorator::new()))
           .and_then(|c| {
-            c.lines().next().map(|s| {
+            c.unwrap_or_default().lines().next().map(|s| {
               s.replace(&format!("@{}", community.name), "")
                 .trim()
                 .to_string()
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index e6af866d5..72e2e7f52 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ uuid = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["v4"] }
 rosetta-i18n = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 urlencoding = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-html2text = { version = "0.12.6", optional = true }
+html2text = { version = "0.13.6", optional = true }
 deser-hjson = { version = "2.2.4", optional = true }
 smart-default = { version = "0.7.1", optional = true }
 lettre = { version = "0.11.11", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/email.rs b/crates/utils/src/email.rs
index 46abb47ea..aa06ba1b9 100644
--- a/crates/utils/src/email.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/src/email.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub async fn send_email(
   };
 
   // use usize::MAX as the line wrap length, since lettre handles the wrapping for us
-  let plain_text = html2text::from_read(html.as_bytes(), usize::MAX);
+  let plain_text = html2text::from_read(html.as_bytes(), usize::MAX)?;
 
   let smtp_from_address = &email_config.smtp_from_address;