diff --git a/.changeset/famous-cameras-kiss.md b/.changeset/famous-cameras-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb48b02f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-cameras-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@swisspost/internet-header': patch
+---
+
+Sanitized hours fields in footer against XSS "Incomplete multi-character sanitization" issue.
diff --git a/packages/internet-header/cypress/e2e/footer.cy.ts b/packages/internet-header/cypress/e2e/footer.cy.ts
index 618159dc41..83afed2159 100644
--- a/packages/internet-header/cypress/e2e/footer.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/internet-header/cypress/e2e/footer.cy.ts
@@ -54,5 +54,23 @@ describe('footer', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('block-contact', () => {
+      it('should display pure (without HTML) hours content as it is', () => {
+        prepare(FOOTER, 'Default');
+        cy.get('.block-contact .content-row .text')
+          .contains('Saturday')
+          .siblings('.hours')
+          .should('contain.text', '8am to 12 noon');
+      });
+
+      it('should remove wrapping HTML in hours content when value contains HTML', () => {
+        prepare(FOOTER, 'Default');
+        cy.get('.block-contact .content-row .text')
+          .contains('Bank holidays')
+          .siblings('.hours')
+          .should('contain.text', '8—12');
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/internet-header/cypress/fixtures/internet-header/test-configuration.json b/packages/internet-header/cypress/fixtures/internet-header/test-configuration.json
index 65e5f7a3f2..ab95befce8 100644
--- a/packages/internet-header/cypress/fixtures/internet-header/test-configuration.json
+++ b/packages/internet-header/cypress/fixtures/internet-header/test-configuration.json
@@ -3046,6 +3046,16 @@
               "text": "Saturday",
               "title": null
             },
+            {
+              "address": null,
+              "describe": null,
+              "hours": "<p>8&mdash;12</p>",
+              "links": null,
+              "name": "days",
+              "number": null,
+              "text": "Bank holidays",
+              "title": null
+            },
             {
               "address": null,
               "describe": null,
diff --git a/packages/internet-header/src/components/post-internet-footer/components/post-footer-block-contact.component.tsx b/packages/internet-header/src/components/post-internet-footer/components/post-footer-block-contact.component.tsx
index 1dbe1e50eb..988394ec37 100644
--- a/packages/internet-header/src/components/post-internet-footer/components/post-footer-block-contact.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/internet-header/src/components/post-internet-footer/components/post-footer-block-contact.component.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { h } from '@stencil/core';
 import { BlockEntity } from '../../../models/footer.model';
 
-const getContentHours = (hours: string) => hours.replace(/<[^>]*>?/gm, '');
-
+function stripHtml(html: string): string {
+  const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
+  return doc.body.textContent || '';
+}
 const callUnblu = () => {
   if (typeof window['unbluLSLoad'] === 'function') {
     window['unbluLSLoad']();
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ const LiveSupport = (props: { hours: string }) => (
     id="liveSupport"
     type="button"
     onClick={callUnblu}
-    innerHTML={getContentHours(props.hours)}
+    innerHTML={stripHtml(props.hours)}
   ></button>
 );
 
@@ -44,8 +46,8 @@ export const PostFooterBlockContact = (props: {
               {content.text ? <p class="text">{content.text}</p> : null}
               {content.hours && isLiveSupport && <LiveSupport hours={content.hours} />}
               {content.hours && !isLiveSupport && (
-                // Some values arrive in the form of <p>8&emdash;12</p> and without replace and innerHTML, tags get rendered as text (project="klp" language="en" environment="int02")
-                <p class="hours" innerHTML={getContentHours(content.hours)}></p>
+                // Some values arrive in the form of <p>8&mdash;12</p> and without replace and innerHTML, tags get rendered as text (project="klp" language="en" environment="int02")
+                <p class="hours" innerHTML={stripHtml(content.hours)}></p>
               )}
               {content.describe ? <p class="describe">{content.describe}</p> : null}
             </div>