diff --git a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.ts b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.ts
index 266772187b..18aa49509d 100644
--- a/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.ts
+++ b/lib/components/Redoc/redoc.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class Redoc extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
     optionsMgr.options = getPreOptions();
 
     this.element = elementRef.nativeElement;
-    this.$parent = this.element.parentElement;
+    this.$parent = this.element.parentNode as Element;
     this.$refElem = this.element.nextElementSibling;
 
     //parse options (top level component doesn't support inputs)
diff --git a/lib/utils/md-renderer.ts b/lib/utils/md-renderer.ts
index 1fe16d1a50..22215eec86 100644
--- a/lib/utils/md-renderer.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/md-renderer.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import * as Remarkable from 'remarkable';
 import { StringMap } from './';
 
 function HTMLescape(html: string): string {
-  return document.createElement('div')
+  return (document.createElement('div')
     .appendChild(document.createTextNode(html))
-    .parentElement
+    .parentNode as Element)
     .innerHTML;
 }