diff --git a/htmlarea/ckeditor_s9y_config.js b/htmlarea/ckeditor_s9y_config.js
index 90fccc09..7024aaa2 100644
--- a/htmlarea/ckeditor_s9y_config.js
+++ b/htmlarea/ckeditor_s9y_config.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function( config ) {
           - Allow <pre[*attributes](*classes)> for custom attributes/classes in code blocks
     */
     // protect
-    config.extraAllowedContent = 'mediainsert[*]{*}(*);gallery[*]{*}(*);media[*]{*}(*);script[*]{*}(*);audio[*]{*}(*);div[*]{*}(*);span[*]{*}(*);img[height,width];pre[*](*);code;';
+    config.extraAllowedContent = 'mediainsert[*]{*}(*);gallery[*]{*}(*);media[*]{*}(*);script[*]{*}(*);audio[*]{*}(*);div[*]{*}(*);span[*]{*}(*);img[height,width];pre[*](*);code;figure[*]{*}(*); figcaption[*]{*}(*);';
     // Do not use auto paragraphs, added to these allowed tags (only!). Please regard that this was marked deprecated by CKE 4.4.5, but is a need for (our use of) extraAllowedContent - check this again by future versions!
     config.autoParagraph = false; // defaults(true)