diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/SyntaxHighlight.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/SyntaxHighlight.tsx
index a468c44e67..36920af27a 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/SyntaxHighlight.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/SyntaxHighlight.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { highlightElement } from 'highlight.js';
+import highlight from 'highlight.js';
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class SyntaxHighlight extends React.Component<IProps> {
 
     // componentDidUpdate used here for reusability
     public componentDidUpdate(): void {
-        if (this.el) highlightElement(this.el);
+        if (this.el) highlight.highlightElement(this.el);
     }
 
     // call componentDidUpdate because _ref is fired on initial render