diff --git a/lib/markupsafe/__init__.py b/lib/markupsafe/__init__.py
index 0f1c4f46..7166b192 100644
--- a/lib/markupsafe/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/markupsafe/__init__.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
             pass
 
 
-__version__ = "2.1.1"
+__version__ = "2.1.2"
 
-_strip_comments_re = re.compile(r"<!--.*?-->")
-_strip_tags_re = re.compile(r"<.*?>")
+_strip_comments_re = re.compile(r"<!--.*?-->", re.DOTALL)
+_strip_tags_re = re.compile(r"<.*?>", re.DOTALL)
 
 
 def _simple_escaping_wrapper(name: str) -> t.Callable[..., "Markup"]: