diff --git a/core/server/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js b/core/server/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
index 0ff0b85513..294453551c 100644
--- a/core/server/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
+++ b/core/server/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function ampContent() {
         cleanHTML = sanitizeHtml(ampHTML, {
             allowedTags: allowedAMPTags,
             allowedAttributes: allowedAMPAttributes,
-            selfClosing: ['source', 'track']
+            selfClosing: ['source', 'track', 'br']
         });
 
         return new SafeString(cleanHTML);