diff --git a/app/react/portainer/custom-templates/components/utils.ts b/app/react/portainer/custom-templates/components/utils.ts
index a8d476f63..315fd4a92 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/custom-templates/components/utils.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/custom-templates/components/utils.ts
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ export function renderTemplate(
     )
   );
 
-  return Mustache.render(template, state);
+  return Mustache.render(template, state, undefined, { escape: (t) => t });
 }