diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
index 06443909..9d8a61ba 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
             {{ end }}
             {{ $docs_links := delimit $docs_links_list ", " }}
 
+            {{ $authors_list := apply .authors "htmlEscape" "." }}
             {{ $authors_list := apply .authors "printf" "<a href=\"https://github.com/%s\">@%s</a>" "." "." }}
             {{ $authors := delimit $authors_list ", " }}
 
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@
       <td>{{ .title }}</td>
       <td>{{ .created_at }}</td>
       <td>{{ .updated_at }}</td>
-      <td>{{ with $docs_links }}{{ $docs_links }}{{ end }}</td>
-      <td>{{ $authors }}</td>
+      <td>{{ with $docs_links }}{{ $docs_links | safeHTML }}{{ end }}</td>
+      <td>{{ $authors | safeHTML }}</td>
       <td>{{ with .shepherd }}<a href="https://github.com/{{ . }}">@{{ . }}</a>{{ end }}</td>
   </tr>
         {{ end }}