diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.test.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.test.ts
index 1fae66f3d2..ae872be016 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { getFileTreeRecursively, getHeadersForFileExtension } from './helpers';
 
 describe('getHeadersForFileExtension', () => {
   const correctMapOfExtensions = [
-    ['.html', 'text/html; charset=utf-8'],
+    ['.html', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'],
     ['.css', 'text/css; charset=utf-8'],
     ['.png', 'image/png'],
     ['.jpg', 'image/jpeg'],
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.ts
index 138ec611e0..63568699c7 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/helpers.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,18 @@ export type responseHeadersType = {
 export const getHeadersForFileExtension = (
   fileExtension: string,
 ): responseHeadersType => {
-  return {
+  const headerType = {
     'Content-Type':
       mime.contentType(fileExtension) || 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
-  } as responseHeadersType;
+  };
+
+  // Prevent sanitization bypass by preventing browers from directly rendering
+  // the contents of HTML files kept in storage.
+  if (headerType['Content-Type'].match(/html/)) {
+    headerType['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8';
+  }
+
+  return headerType;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
index e09473cf60..036053627b 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   ReadinessResponse,
   TechDocsMetadata,
 } from './types';
+import { getHeadersForFileExtension } from './helpers';
 
 // TODO: Use a more persistent storage than node_modules or /tmp directory.
 // Make it configurable with techdocs.publisher.local.publishDirectory
@@ -132,7 +133,16 @@ export class LocalPublish implements PublisherBase {
   }
 
   docsRouter(): express.Handler {
-    return express.static(staticDocsDir);
+    return express.static(staticDocsDir, {
+      // Handle content-type header the same as all other publishers.
+      setHeaders: (res, filePath) => {
+        const fileExtension = path.extname(filePath);
+        const { 'Content-Type': header } = getHeadersForFileExtension(
+          fileExtension,
+        );
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', header);
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   async hasDocsBeenGenerated(entity: Entity): Promise<boolean> {