diff --git a/question/type/ordering/templates/correct_response.mustache b/question/type/ordering/templates/correct_response.mustache
index cb89a2ae3e7..0f67d9e5167 100644
--- a/question/type/ordering/templates/correct_response.mustache
+++ b/question/type/ordering/templates/correct_response.mustache
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <ol class="correctorder {{orderinglayoutclass}}">
             {{#correctanswers}}
                 <li class="{{orderinglayoutclass}}">
-                    {{answertext}}
+                    {{{answertext}}}
                 </li>
             {{/correctanswers}}
         </ol>