diff --git a/templates/repo/code/recently_pushed_new_branches.tmpl b/templates/repo/code/recently_pushed_new_branches.tmpl
index 9bda43ffa9..c79b0ad8e5 100644
--- a/templates/repo/code/recently_pushed_new_branches.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/code/recently_pushed_new_branches.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<div class="ui positive message gt-df gt-ac">
 		<div class="gt-f1">
 			{{$timeSince := TimeSince .CommitTime.AsTime $.locale}}
-			{{$.locale.Tr "repo.pulls.recently_pushed_new_branches" .BranchName $timeSince | Safe}}
+			{{$.locale.Tr "repo.pulls.recently_pushed_new_branches" (Escape .BranchName) $timeSince | Safe}}
 		</div>
 		<a role="button" class="ui compact positive button gt-m-0" href="{{.BranchCompareURL}}">
 			{{$.locale.Tr "repo.pulls.compare_changes"}}