diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 08dc7c04f..9f0205af4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3306,6 +3306,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "ulid",
  "url",
+ "v_htmlescape",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -3410,6 +3411,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "self_cell",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "v_htmlescape",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6190,6 +6192,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "v_htmlescape"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e8257fbc510f0a46eb602c10215901938b5c2a7d5e70fc11483b1d3c9b5b18c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "valuable"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/templates/Cargo.toml b/crates/templates/Cargo.toml
index 3964f2f2a..1813ed2fe 100644
--- a/crates/templates/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/templates/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ walkdir = "2.4.0"
 anyhow.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 
-minijinja = { workspace = true, features = ["loader", "json"] }
+minijinja = { workspace = true, features = ["loader", "json", "speedups"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
+v_htmlescape = "0.15.8"
 
 camino.workspace = true
 chrono.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/templates/src/lib.rs b/crates/templates/src/lib.rs
index d3741e17f..b3b9ca0cb 100644
--- a/crates/templates/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/templates/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ pub use self::{
     forms::{FieldError, FormError, FormField, FormState, ToFormState},
 };
 
+/// Escape the given string for use in HTML
+///
+/// It uses the same crate as the one used by the minijinja templates
+#[must_use]
+pub fn escape_html(input: &str) -> String {
+    v_htmlescape::escape(input).to_string()
+}
+
 /// Wrapper around [`minijinja::Environment`] helping rendering the various
 /// templates
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]