diff --git a/material/plugins/social/plugin.py b/material/plugins/social/plugin.py
index edbb91d1da8..2e989c1560d 100644
--- a/material/plugins/social/plugin.py
+++ b/material/plugins/social/plugin.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from hashlib import md5
+from html import unescape
 from io import BytesIO
 from mkdocs.commands.build import DuplicateFilter
 from mkdocs.exceptions import PluginError
@@ -298,8 +299,9 @@ def _render_text(self, size, font, text, lmax, spacing = 0):
         width = size[0]
         lines, words = [], []
 
-        # Remove remnant HTML tags
+        # Remove remnant HTML tags and convert HTML entities
         text = re.sub(r"(<[^>]+>)", "", text)
+        text = unescape(text)
 
         # Retrieve y-offset of textbox to correct for spacing
         yoffset = 0
diff --git a/src/plugins/social/plugin.py b/src/plugins/social/plugin.py
index edbb91d1da8..2e989c1560d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/social/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugins/social/plugin.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from hashlib import md5
+from html import unescape
 from io import BytesIO
 from mkdocs.commands.build import DuplicateFilter
 from mkdocs.exceptions import PluginError
@@ -298,8 +299,9 @@ def _render_text(self, size, font, text, lmax, spacing = 0):
         width = size[0]
         lines, words = [], []
 
-        # Remove remnant HTML tags
+        # Remove remnant HTML tags and convert HTML entities
         text = re.sub(r"(<[^>]+>)", "", text)
+        text = unescape(text)
 
         # Retrieve y-offset of textbox to correct for spacing
         yoffset = 0