diff --git a/packages/ssr/Cargo.toml b/packages/ssr/Cargo.toml
index 0ce901b5a..02900ca0e 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/ssr/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ keywords = ["dom", "ui", "gui", "react", "ssr"]
 
 [dependencies]
 dioxus-core = { path = "../core", version = "^0.3.0", features = ["serialize"] }
+askama_escape = "0.10.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 dioxus = { path = "../dioxus", version = "0.3.0" }
diff --git a/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs b/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
index 39bfb8671..8556682f1 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/src/cache.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ impl StringCache {
                 }
                 cur_path.pop();
             }
-            TemplateNode::Text { text } => write!(chain, "{text}")?,
+            TemplateNode::Text { text } => {
+                write!(
+                    chain,
+                    "{}",
+                    askama_escape::escape(text, askama_escape::Html)
+                )?;
+            }
             TemplateNode::Dynamic { id: idx } | TemplateNode::DynamicText { id: idx } => {
                 chain.segments.push(Segment::Node(*idx))
             }
diff --git a/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs b/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
index 8c828f01c..5496148c4 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ impl Renderer {
                             write!(buf, "<!--#-->")?;
                         }
 
-                        // todo: escape the text
-                        write!(buf, "{}", text.value)?;
+                        write!(
+                            buf,
+                            "{}",
+                            askama_escape::escape(text.value, askama_escape::Html)
+                        )?;
 
                         if self.pre_render {
                             write!(buf, "<!--#-->")?;
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ fn to_string_works() {
 
     fn app(cx: Scope) -> Element {
         let dynamic = 123;
-        let dyn2 = "</diiiiiiiiv>"; // todo: escape this
+        let dyn2 = "</diiiiiiiiv>"; // this should be escaped
 
         render! {
             div { class: "asdasdasd", class: "asdasdasd", id: "id-{dynamic}",
@@ -165,10 +168,10 @@ fn to_string_works() {
                 vec![
                     PreRendered("<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\"".into(),),
                     Attr(0,),
-                    PreRendered(">Hello world 1 -->".into(),),
+                    PreRendered(">Hello world 1 --&gt;".into(),),
                     Node(0,),
                     PreRendered(
-                        "<-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>".into(),
+                        "&lt;-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>".into(),
                     ),
                     Node(1,),
                     Node(2,),
@@ -180,5 +183,5 @@ fn to_string_works() {
 
     use Segment::*;
 
-    assert_eq!(out, "<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\" id=\"id-123\">Hello world 1 -->123<-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div></diiiiiiiiv><div>finalize 0</div><div>finalize 1</div><div>finalize 2</div><div>finalize 3</div><div>finalize 4</div></div>");
+    assert_eq!(out, "<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\" id=\"id-123\">Hello world 1 --&gt;123&lt;-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>&lt;/diiiiiiiiv&gt;<div>finalize 0</div><div>finalize 1</div><div>finalize 2</div><div>finalize 3</div><div>finalize 4</div></div>");
 }
diff --git a/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs b/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
index 63137aeae..395f801e1 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn dynamic() {
         dioxus_ssr::render_lazy(rsx! {
             div { "Hello world 1 -->" "{dynamic}" "<-- Hello world 2" }
         }),
-        "<div>Hello world 1 -->123<-- Hello world 2</div>"
+        "<div>Hello world 1 --&gt;123&lt;-- Hello world 2</div>"
     );
 }