diff --git a/securedrop_client/gui/widgets.py b/securedrop_client/gui/widgets.py
index da65f8309..7b881d3d5 100644
--- a/securedrop_client/gui/widgets.py
+++ b/securedrop_client/gui/widgets.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def __init__(self, text):
         super().__init__()
         layout = QVBoxLayout()
         self.setLayout(layout)
-        message = QLabel(html.escape(text))
+        message = QLabel(html.escape(text, quote=False))
         message.setWordWrap(True)
         layout.addWidget(message)
 
diff --git a/tests/gui/test_widgets.py b/tests/gui/test_widgets.py
index d273c2671..9e1d843c6 100644
--- a/tests/gui/test_widgets.py
+++ b/tests/gui/test_widgets.py
@@ -497,6 +497,16 @@ def test_SpeechBubble_html_init():
         mock_label.assert_called_once_with('<b>hello</b>')
 
 
+def test_SpeechBubble_with_apostrophe_in_text():
+    """Check Speech Bubble is displaying text with apostrophe correctly."""
+    with mock.patch('securedrop_client.gui.widgets.QLabel') as mock_label, \
+            mock.patch('securedrop_client.gui.widgets.QVBoxLayout'), \
+            mock.patch('securedrop_client.gui.widgets.SpeechBubble.setLayout'):
+        message = "I'm sure, you are reading my message."
+        SpeechBubble(message)
+        mock_label.assert_called_once_with(message)
+
+
 def test_ConversationWidget_init_left():
     """
     Check the ConversationWidget is configured correctly for align-left.