diff --git a/dist/utils/html-to-wpml.js b/dist/utils/html-to-wpml.js
index bef0dd6..6feb07f 100644
--- a/dist/utils/html-to-wpml.js
+++ b/dist/utils/html-to-wpml.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Definition of the Markdown to WordProcessingML conversion routine.
  */
 
 (function() {
-  var HTML5Tokenizer, _;
+  var HTML5Tokenizer, XML, _;
+
+  XML = require('xml-escape');
 
   _ = require('underscore');
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ Definition of the Markdown to WordProcessingML conversion routine.
             style = is_bold ? '<w:b/>' : '';
             style += is_italic ? '<w:i/>' : '';
             style += is_link ? '<w:rStyle w:val="Hyperlink"/>' : '';
-            return final += (is_link ? '<w:hlink w:dest="' + link_url + '">' : '') + '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + tok.chars + '</w:t></w:r>' + (is_link ? '</w:hlink>' : '');
+            return final += (is_link ? '<w:hlink w:dest="' + link_url + '">' : '') + '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + XML(tok.chars) + '</w:t></w:r>' + (is_link ? '</w:hlink>' : '');
           }
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/utils/html-to-wpml.coffee b/src/utils/html-to-wpml.coffee
index 98cb1b5..f8e5b7e 100644
--- a/src/utils/html-to-wpml.coffee
+++ b/src/utils/html-to-wpml.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Definition of the Markdown to WordProcessingML conversion routine.
 ###
 
 
+XML = require 'xml-escape'
 _ = require 'underscore'
 HTML5Tokenizer = require 'simple-html-tokenizer'
 
@@ -44,6 +45,6 @@ module.exports = ( html ) ->
           style += if is_link then '<w:rStyle w:val="Hyperlink"/>' else ''
           final +=
             (if is_link then ('<w:hlink w:dest="' + link_url + '">') else '') +
-            '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + tok.chars +
+            '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + XML(tok.chars) +
             '</w:t></w:r>' + (if is_link then '</w:hlink>' else '')
   final