diff --git a/.github/scripts/junit.py b/.github/scripts/junit.py
index 2c63efe0be83..4864c45196a2 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/junit.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/junit.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Tuple, Optional, List, Iterable
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
+import html
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ def parse_report(workspace_path, report_path, fp) -> Iterable[TestSuite]:
                 test_case_failed = False
             elif elem.tag == "failure":
                 failure_message = elem.get("message")
+                if failure_message:
+                    failure_message = html.escape(failure_message)
+                    failure_message = failure_message.replace('\n', '<br>').replace('\r', '<br>')
                 failure_class = elem.get("type")
                 failure_stack_trace = elem.text
                 failure = partial_test_case(failure_message, failure_class, failure_stack_trace)