diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 057fd71..7451bca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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 [![Total Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/protonemedia/laravel-xss-protection.svg?style=flat-square)](https://packagist.org/packages/protonemedia/laravel-xss-protection)
 
-Laravel Middleware to protect your app against Cross-site scripting (XSS). It sanitizes request input by utilising the [Security Core](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell/Security-Core) package, and it can sanatize [Blade echo statements](https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/blade#displaying-data) as well.
+Laravel Middleware to protect your app against Cross-site scripting (XSS). It sanitizes request input by utilising the [voku/anti-xss](https://github.com/voku/anti-xss) package, and it can sanatize [Blade echo statements](https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/blade#displaying-data) as well. This package was inspired by the [Security Core](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell/Security-Core) package.
 
 * PHP 8.2 and higher
 * Laravel 10 and higher
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Event::listen(function (MaliciousInputFound $event) {
 
 ### Additional configuration for `voku/anti-xss`
 
-As of version 1.6.0, you may provide additional configuration for the `voku/anti-xss` package. You may do this by filling the `middleware.anti_xss` key. This is similar to the [Laravel Security](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell/Laravel-Security) package, which this package used to rely on.
+As of version 1.6.0, you may provide additional configuration for the `voku/anti-xss` package. You may do this by filling the `middleware.anti_xss` key.
 
 ```php
 'anti_xss' => [
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a9cedda..5c4d5dd 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2|^8.3|^8.4",
-        "graham-campbell/security-core": "^4.0",
         "illuminate/contracts": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
-        "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.9.2"
+        "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.9.2",
+        "voku/anti-xss": "~4.1.42",
+        "voku/portable-utf8": "^6.0.13"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "laravel/pint": "^1.14",
diff --git a/src/Middleware/XssCleanInput.php b/src/Middleware/XssCleanInput.php
index e8b81a8..741cc34 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/XssCleanInput.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/XssCleanInput.php
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 namespace ProtoneMedia\LaravelXssProtection\Middleware;
 
 use Closure;
-use GrahamCampbell\SecurityCore\Security;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\TransformsRequest;
 use ProtoneMedia\LaravelXssProtection\Cleaners\BladeEchoes;
 use ProtoneMedia\LaravelXssProtection\Events\MaliciousInputFound;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
+use voku\helper\AntiXSS;
+use voku\helper\UTF8;
 
 class XssCleanInput extends TransformsRequest
 {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class XssCleanInput extends TransformsRequest
      * @return void
      */
     public function __construct(
-        protected Security $security,
+        protected AntiXSS $antiXss,
         protected BladeEchoes $bladeEchoCleaner
     ) {
         //
@@ -131,7 +132,11 @@ protected function transform($key, $value)
             return null;
         }
 
-        $output = $this->security->clean((string) $value);
+        $output = $this->antiXss->xss_clean((string) $value);
+
+        if ($this->antiXss->isXssFound() === false) {
+            $output = $this->cleanInvisibleCharacters($output);
+        }
 
         if (! $this->enabledInConfig('allow_blade_echoes')) {
             $output = $this->bladeEchoCleaner->clean((string) $output);
@@ -187,4 +192,22 @@ public static function clearCallbacks()
 
         static::$skipKeyCallbacks = [];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Clean invisible characters from the input.
+     *
+     * @param  string|array  $input
+     */
+    private function cleanInvisibleCharacters($input): string|array
+    {
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as $key => &$value) {
+                $value = $this->cleanInvisibleCharacters($value);
+            }
+
+            return $input;
+        }
+
+        return UTF8::remove_invisible_characters($input, true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ServiceProvider.php b/src/ServiceProvider.php
index 96a36b5..b3ea3b0 100644
--- a/src/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace ProtoneMedia\LaravelXssProtection;
 
-use GrahamCampbell\SecurityCore\Security;
+use ProtoneMedia\LaravelXssProtection\Middleware\XssCleanInput;
 use Spatie\LaravelPackageTools\Package;
 use Spatie\LaravelPackageTools\PackageServiceProvider;
+use voku\helper\AntiXSS;
 
 class ServiceProvider extends PackageServiceProvider
 {
@@ -22,9 +23,29 @@ public function configurePackage(Package $package): void
 
     public function packageBooted()
     {
-        $this->app->singleton(Security::class, fn () => Security::create(
-            config('xss-protection.anti_xss.evil'),
-            config('xss-protection.anti_xss.replacement')
-        ));
+        $this->app->when(XssCleanInput::class)
+            ->needs(AntiXSS::class)
+            ->give(function () {
+                $antiXss = new AntiXSS;
+
+                $replacement = config('xss-protection.anti_xss.replacement');
+
+                if ($replacement !== null) {
+                    $antiXss->setReplacement($replacement);
+                }
+
+                $evil = config('xss-protection.anti_xss.evil');
+
+                if ($evil !== null) {
+                    if (isset($evil['attributes']) || isset($evil['tags'])) {
+                        $antiXss->addEvilAttributes($evil['attributes'] ?? []);
+                        $antiXss->addEvilHtmlTags($evil['tags'] ?? []);
+                    } else {
+                        $antiXss->addEvilAttributes($evil);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return $antiXss;
+            });
     }
 }