diff --git a/admin/framework/composer.json b/admin/framework/composer.json
index 3b047c89fc35..627ea1d48087 100644
--- a/admin/framework/composer.json
+++ b/admin/framework/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "codeigniter4/framework",
+    "name": "codeigniter4/codeigniter4",
     "type": "project",
     "description": "The CodeIgniter framework v4",
     "homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
         "php": ">=7.2",
         "ext-curl": "*",
         "ext-intl": "*",
+        "ext-json": "*",
         "kint-php/kint": "^2.1",
         "psr/log": "^1.1",
-        "zendframework/zend-escaper": "^2.5"
+        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.6"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "codeigniter4/codeigniter4-standard": "^1.0",
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
     "scripts": {
         "post-update-cmd": [
             "@composer dump-autoload",
-            "CodeIgniter\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate"
+            "CodeIgniter\\ComposerScripts::postUpdate",
+            "bash admin/setup.sh"
         ]
     },
     "support": {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5f6bfdc286d1..627ea1d48087 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "kint-php/kint": "^2.1",
         "psr/log": "^1.1",
-        "zendframework/zend-escaper": "^2.5"
+        "laminas/laminas-escaper": "^2.6"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "codeigniter4/codeigniter4-standard": "^1.0",
diff --git a/system/Common.php b/system/Common.php
index d4ecc3498342..f530658e730f 100644
--- a/system/Common.php
+++ b/system/Common.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 use Config\Logger;
 use Config\Services;
 use Tests\Support\Log\TestLogger;
-use Zend\Escaper\Escaper;
+use Laminas\Escaper\Escaper;
 
 /**
  * Common Functions
diff --git a/system/ComposerScripts.php b/system/ComposerScripts.php
index 6cf41f92968b..3a3c4d3b22be 100644
--- a/system/ComposerScripts.php
+++ b/system/ComposerScripts.php
@@ -150,16 +150,16 @@ protected static function removeDir($dir)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Moves the Zend Escaper files into our base repo so that it's
+	 * Moves the Laminas Escaper files into our base repo so that it's
 	 * available for packaged releases where the users don't user Composer.
 	 *
 	 * @throws \ReflectionException
 	 */
 	public static function moveEscaper()
 	{
-		if (class_exists('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Escaper') && is_file(static::getClassFilePath('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Escaper')))
+		if (class_exists('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Escaper') && is_file(static::getClassFilePath('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Escaper')))
 		{
-			$base = basename(__DIR__) . '/' . static::$basePath . 'ZendEscaper';
+			$base = basename(__DIR__) . '/' . static::$basePath . 'Escaper';
 
 			foreach ([$base, $base . '/Exception'] as $path)
 			{
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ public static function moveEscaper()
 			}
 
 			$files = [
-				static::getClassFilePath('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Exception\\ExceptionInterface')       => $base . '/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php',
-				static::getClassFilePath('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Exception\\InvalidArgumentException') => $base . '/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php',
-				static::getClassFilePath('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Exception\\RuntimeException')         => $base . '/Exception/RuntimeException.php',
-				static::getClassFilePath('\\Zend\\Escaper\\Escaper')                             => $base . '/Escaper.php',
+				static::getClassFilePath('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Exception\\ExceptionInterface')       => $base . '/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php',
+				static::getClassFilePath('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Exception\\InvalidArgumentException') => $base . '/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php',
+				static::getClassFilePath('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Exception\\RuntimeException')         => $base . '/Exception/RuntimeException.php',
+				static::getClassFilePath('\\Laminas\\Escaper\\Escaper')                             => $base . '/Escaper.php',
 			];
 
 			foreach ($files as $source => $dest)
diff --git a/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php b/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
index 57dd92e7a595..9902c17e64cf 100644
--- a/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
+++ b/system/Config/AutoloadConfig.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public function __construct()
 			'Psr\Log\LoggerTrait'              => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/PSR/Log/LoggerTrait.php',
 			'Psr\Log\LogLevel'                 => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/PSR/Log/LogLevel.php',
 			'Psr\Log\NullLogger'               => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/PSR/Log/NullLogger.php',
-			'Zend\Escaper\Escaper'             => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Escaper.php',
+			'Laminas\Escaper\Escaper'          => SYSTEMPATH . 'ThirdParty/Escaper/Escaper.php',
 		];
 
 		if (isset($_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT']) && $_SERVER['CI_ENVIRONMENT'] === 'testing')
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Escaper.php b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Escaper.php
similarity index 97%
rename from system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Escaper.php
rename to system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Escaper.php
index 5cec9684ef46..9f903a5931a5 100644
--- a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Escaper.php
+++ b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Escaper.php
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
- * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
- *
- * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
- * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @see       https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.md
+ * @license   https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
  */
 
-namespace Zend\Escaper;
+namespace Laminas\Escaper;
 
 /**
  * Context specific methods for use in secure output escaping
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ebe04ef6b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.md
+ * @license   https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Laminas\Escaper\Exception;
+
+interface ExceptionInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5bf1fa5c01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.md
+ * @license   https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Laminas\Escaper\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Invalid argument exception
+ */
+class InvalidArgumentException extends \InvalidArgumentException implements
+    ExceptionInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab1903fd2bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/ThirdParty/Escaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @see       https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.md
+ * @license   https://github.com/laminas/laminas-escaper/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Laminas\Escaper\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Invalid argument exception
+ */
+class RuntimeException extends \RuntimeException implements
+    ExceptionInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php b/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7174796a3248..000000000000
--- a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
- *
- * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
- * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- */
-
-namespace Zend\Escaper\Exception;
-
-interface ExceptionInterface
-{
-}
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php b/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ad3f7313db0..000000000000
--- a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
- *
- * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
- * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- */
-
-namespace Zend\Escaper\Exception;
-
-/**
- * Invalid argument exception
- */
-class InvalidArgumentException extends \InvalidArgumentException implements
-    ExceptionInterface
-{
-}
diff --git a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php b/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d626123af2e2..000000000000
--- a/system/ThirdParty/ZendEscaper/Exception/RuntimeException.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
- *
- * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
- * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- */
-
-namespace Zend\Escaper\Exception;
-
-/**
- * Invalid argument exception
- */
-class RuntimeException extends \RuntimeException implements
-    ExceptionInterface
-{
-}
diff --git a/system/View/View.php b/system/View/View.php
index 5aaf3bc4a9c0..eac90bb7ec4a 100644
--- a/system/View/View.php
+++ b/system/View/View.php
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ public function section(string $name)
 	/**
 	 *
 	 *
-	 * @throws \Zend\Escaper\Exception\RuntimeException
+	 * @throws \Laminas\Escaper\Exception\RuntimeException
 	 */
 	public function endSection()
 	{
diff --git a/tests/system/Autoloader/AutoloaderTest.php b/tests/system/Autoloader/AutoloaderTest.php
index 45205545bc37..08f2a0721449 100644
--- a/tests/system/Autoloader/AutoloaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Autoloader/AutoloaderTest.php
@@ -231,6 +231,6 @@ public function testFindsComposerRoutes()
 		$this->loader->initialize($config, $moduleConfig);
 
 		$namespaces = $this->loader->getNamespace();
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('Zend\\Escaper', $namespaces);
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('Laminas\\Escaper', $namespaces);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/common_functions.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/common_functions.rst
index 0c9b54fbdb39..088018e1a283 100755
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/common_functions.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/common_functions.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Service Accessors
 	:rtype: mixed
 
 	Escapes data for inclusion in web pages, to help prevent XSS attacks.
-	This uses the Zend Escaper library to handle the actual filtering of the data.
+	This uses the Laminas Escaper library to handle the actual filtering of the data.
 
 	If $data is a string, then it simply escapes and returns it.
 	If $data is an array, then it loops over it, escaping each 'value' of the key/value pairs.