diff --git a/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
index 2a97cb4903..ddf815ebd9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     .col-md-7
       .project-home-desc
         - if @project.description.present?
-          = auto_link @project.description, link: :urls
+          = auto_link ERB::Util.html_escape(@project.description), link: :urls
         - if can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project)
           –
           %strong= link_to 'Edit', edit_project_path