diff --git a/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.html.ftl b/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.html.ftl
index b27c80565..bfa1f32ed 100644
--- a/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.html.ftl
+++ b/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.html.ftl
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ ${sri.renderSection(.node["@name"])}
     <#if !boxType?has_content><#assign boxType = "default"></#if>
     <div class="panel panel-${boxType}"<#if contBoxDivId?has_content> id="${contBoxDivId}"</#if>>
         <div class="panel-heading">
-            <#if boxHeader["@title"]?has_content><h5>${ec.getResource().expand(boxHeader["@title"]!"", "")}</h5></#if>
+            <#if boxHeader["@title"]?has_content><h5>${ec.getResource().expand(boxHeader["@title"]!"", "")?html}</h5></#if>
             <#recurse boxHeader>
             <#if .node["box-toolbar"]?has_content>
                 <div class="panel-toolbar">
diff --git a/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.vuet.ftl b/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.vuet.ftl
index 640d8b7dc..f6fa1f9f2 100644
--- a/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.vuet.ftl
+++ b/template/screen-macro/DefaultScreenMacros.vuet.ftl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ${sri.renderSection(.node["@name"])}
     <#assign boxHeader = .node["box-header"][0]!>
     <#assign boxType = ec.resource.expand(.node["@type"], "")!>
     <#if !boxType?has_content><#assign boxType = "default"></#if>
-    <container-box<#if contBoxDivId?has_content> id="${contBoxDivId}"</#if> type="${boxType}"<#if boxHeader??> title="${ec.getResource().expand(boxHeader["@title"]!"", "")}"</#if> :initial-open="<#if ec.getResource().expand(.node["@initial"]!, "") == "closed">false<#else>true</#if>">
+    <container-box<#if contBoxDivId?has_content> id="${contBoxDivId}"</#if> type="${boxType}"<#if boxHeader??> title="${ec.getResource().expand(boxHeader["@title"]!"", "")?html}"</#if> :initial-open="<#if ec.getResource().expand(.node["@initial"]!, "") == "closed">false<#else>true</#if>">
         <#-- NOTE: direct use of the container-box component would not use template elements but rather use the 'slot' attribute directly on the child elements which we can't do here -->
         <#if boxHeader??><template slot="header"><#recurse boxHeader></template></#if>
         <#if .node["box-toolbar"]?has_content><template slot="toolbar"><#recurse .node["box-toolbar"][0]></template></#if>