diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c3a353fe02add35a83806ecc6736dbc7aef693a..dbbf310ce896ea9470fe0bef9461eacf464a0b3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **Donate link:** http://www.thinkoomph.com/plugins-modules/external-permalinks-redux/  
 **Tags:** link, redirect, external link, permalink  
 **Requires at least:** 3.0  
-**Tested up to:** 5.7  
+**Tested up to:** 5.9  
 **Stable tag:** 1.2  
 **License:** GPLv2 or later  
 **License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html  
diff --git a/external-permalinks-redux.php b/external-permalinks-redux.php
index 1fa9b06220bb4bf5b76a3449c1350c5c7cd1010d..b3a194da1a823c67b877b93f457cd3e7a11c61b1 100644
--- a/external-permalinks-redux.php
+++ b/external-permalinks-redux.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class external_permalinks_redux {
 				foreach ( $this->status_codes as $status_code => $explanation ) {
 					echo '<option value="' . esc_attr( $status_code ) . '"';
 					selected( $status_code, (int) $type );
-					echo '>' . esc_attr( $explanation ) . '</option>';
+					echo '>' . esc_html( $explanation ) . '</option>';
 				}
 				?>
 			</select>
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 41db21462478f724a534b183ef390f60619037ce..3bd8a96bc08a314bb4a9ec7e50d19843ec16653f 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Contributors: ethitter, thinkoomph
 Donate link: http://www.thinkoomph.com/plugins-modules/external-permalinks-redux/
 Tags: link, redirect, external link, permalink
 Requires at least: 3.0
-Tested up to: 5.7
+Tested up to: 5.9
 Stable tag: 1.2
 License: GPLv2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html