diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
index 388839e3..d2e382ac 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
                     {{ $valid := in (slice "alternate" "enclosure" "related" "self" "via") $rel }}
 
                     {{ if $valid }}
-                        <link href="{{ $href }}" hreflang="{{ $subpage.Language.LanguageCode }}" rel="{{ $rel }}" type="{{ .MediaType }}"/>
+                        <link href="{{ htmlEscape $href }}" hreflang="{{ $subpage.Language.LanguageCode }}" rel="{{ $rel }}" type="{{ .MediaType }}"/>
                     {{ end }}
                 {{ end }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index 72ce4296..c56fe679 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
                         {{ $valid := in (slice "alternate" "enclosure" "related" "self" "via") $rel }}
 
                         {{ if $valid }}
-                            <atom:link href="{{ $href }}" hreflang="{{ $subpage.Language.LanguageCode }}" rel="{{ $rel }}" type="{{ .MediaType }}"/>
+                            <atom:link href="{{ htmlEscape $href }}" hreflang="{{ $subpage.Language.LanguageCode }}" rel="{{ $rel }}" type="{{ .MediaType }}"/>
                         {{ end }}
                     {{ end }}