diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index acdf95cc34..7e3e2fe849 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ language: php
 dist: xenial
 
 php:
-    - 5.3
-    - 5.4
-    - 5.5
     - 5.6
     - 7.0
     - 7.1
@@ -15,17 +12,12 @@ php:
 
 matrix:
     include:
-        - php: 5.3
-          dist: precise
-          env: COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=3G
-        - php: 5.4
-          dist: trusty
-        - php: 5.5
-          dist: trusty
+        - php: 5.6
+          env: COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1
         - php: 7.0
-          env: COVERAGE=1
+          env: COVERAGE=1 COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1
         - php: 7.3
-          env: DEPENDENCIES="--ignore-platform-reqs"
+          env: DEPENDENCIES="--ignore-platform-reqs" COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1
     exclude:
         - php: 5.3
         - php: 5.4
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f5f751ec04..62eece1fe9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
         "fix": "Fixes issues found by PHP-CS"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": "^5.3.3 || ^7.0",
+        "php": "^5.6 || ^7.0",
         "ext-xml": "*",
-        "zendframework/zend-escaper": "^2.2",
+        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.6",
         "phpoffice/common": "^0.2.9"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
index 1575c069e2..2f05260e7a 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper;
 
+use Laminas\Escaper\Escaper;
 /**
  * @since 0.13.0
  *
@@ -43,4 +44,79 @@ public function escape($input)
 
         return $input;
     }
+    
+    public function escapeHtml($input)
+    {
+        $escaper = new Escaper();
+        
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
+                $item = $escaper->escapeHtml($item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $input = $escaper->escapeHtml($input);
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
+    
+    public function escapeJs($input)
+    {
+        $escaper = new Escaper();
+        
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
+                $item = $escaper->escapeJs($item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $input = $escaper->escapeJs($input);
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
+    
+    public function escapeCss($input)
+    {
+        $escaper = new Escaper();
+        
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
+                $item = $escaper->escapeCss($item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $input = $escaper->escapeCss($input);
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
+    
+    public function escapeHtmlAttr($input)
+    {
+        $escaper = new Escaper();
+        
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
+                $item = $escaper->escapeHtmlAttr($item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $input = $escaper->escapeHtmlAttr($input);
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
+    
+    public function escapeUrl($input)
+    {
+        $escaper = new Escaper();
+        
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
+                $item = $escaper->escapeUrl($item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $input = $escaper->escapeUrl($input);
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
index deb2cfbc0e..6d86cf6b50 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
@@ -30,4 +30,39 @@ interface EscaperInterface
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function escape($input);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $input
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function escapeHtml($input);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $input
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function escapeJs($input);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $input
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function escapeCss($input);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $input
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function escapeHtmlAttr($input);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $input
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function escapeUrl($input);
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/AbstractElement.php
index dc5ccfaadc..6e7153bc0b 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement as Element;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter;
-use Zend\Escaper\Escaper;
+use Laminas\Escaper\Escaper;
 
 /**
  * Abstract HTML element writer
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ abstract class AbstractElement
     protected $withoutP = false;
 
     /**
-     * @var \Zend\Escaper\Escaper|\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper\AbstractEscaper
+     * @var \Laminas\Escaper\Escaper|\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper\AbstractEscaper
      */
     protected $escaper;
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
index 2d86f399b0..cba5848d6d 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter;
-use Zend\Escaper\Escaper;
+use Laminas\Escaper\Escaper;
 
 /**
  * @since 0.11.0
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPart
     private $parentWriter;
 
     /**
-     * @var \Zend\Escaper\Escaper
+     * @var \Laminas\Escaper\Escaper
      */
     protected $escaper;
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
index 132890e6ec..b54a30f106 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ protected function writeOpening()
     protected function writeText($text)
     {
         if (Settings::isOutputEscapingEnabled()) {
-            return $this->escaper->escape($text);
+            return $this->escaper->escapeHtml($text);
         }
 
         return CommonText::toUnicode($text); // todo: replace with `return $text;` later.