diff --git a/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index fd2915fcc..5ad6e9099 100644
--- a/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 {{- end -}}<a
   href="{{ $link | safeURL }}"
   {{- with .Title -}}title="{{- . -}}"{{- end -}}
-  >{{- .Text -}}
+  >{{- .Text | safeHTML -}}
 </a>
 {{- /* This is scarfed directly from Bep https://portable-hugo-links.netlify.app/
   It allegedly makes a version of wikilinks that still works on GitHub