diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.test.tsx
index 3f38e8c9c162..16adc2dd7edd 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.test.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.test.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+import React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import {
   sanitizeHtml,
   isProbablyHTML,
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   removeHTMLTags,
   isJsonString,
   getParagraphContents,
+  escapeHtml,
 } from './html';
 
 describe('sanitizeHtml', () => {
@@ -65,16 +68,33 @@ describe('sanitizeHtmlIfNeeded', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('escapeHtml', () => {
+  test('should escape HTML special characters', () => {
+    const htmlString = '<div>test</div>';
+    const escaped = escapeHtml(htmlString);
+    expect(escaped).toBe('&lt;div&gt;test&lt;&#x2F;div&gt;');
+  });
+
+  test('should escape all special characters', () => {
+    const testString = '<>&"\'/';
+    const escaped = escapeHtml(testString);
+    expect(escaped).toBe('&lt;&gt;&amp;&quot;&#x27;&#x2F;');
+  });
+
+  test('should not escape regular text', () => {
+    const plainText = 'Just a plain text';
+    const escaped = escapeHtml(plainText);
+    expect(escaped).toBe(plainText);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('safeHtmlSpan', () => {
-  test('should return a safe HTML span when the input is HTML', () => {
+  test('should render HTML content as a span element to display as text', () => {
     const htmlString = '<div>Some <b>HTML</b> content</div>';
-    const safeSpan = safeHtmlSpan(htmlString);
-    expect(safeSpan).toEqual(
-      <span
-        className="safe-html-wrapper"
-        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: htmlString }}
-      />,
-    );
+    const result = safeHtmlSpan(htmlString);
+    const { container } = render(result as React.ReactElement);
+    // The span should contain the raw HTML string as text content
+    expect(container.textContent).toBe(htmlString);
   });
 
   test('should return the input string as is when it is not HTML', () => {
@@ -82,6 +102,14 @@ describe('safeHtmlSpan', () => {
     const result = safeHtmlSpan(plainText);
     expect(result).toEqual(plainText);
   });
+
+  test('should preserve HTML tags as visible text', () => {
+    const htmlString = '<div>test</div>';
+    const result = safeHtmlSpan(htmlString);
+    const { container } = render(result as React.ReactElement);
+    // Should display <div>test</div> as text
+    expect(container.textContent).toBe(htmlString);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('removeHTMLTags', () => {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.tsx b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.tsx
index 723c0dc3d968..045e9b85f30d 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/utils/html.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+import React from 'react';
 import { FilterXSS, getDefaultWhiteList } from 'xss';
 
 const xssFilter = new FilterXSS({
@@ -70,15 +71,27 @@ export function sanitizeHtmlIfNeeded(htmlString: string) {
   return isProbablyHTML(htmlString) ? sanitizeHtml(htmlString) : htmlString;
 }
 
-export function safeHtmlSpan(possiblyHtmlString: string) {
+/**
+ * Escapes HTML special characters to display them as text
+ * Converts < to &lt;, > to &gt;, & to &amp;, etc.
+ */
+export function escapeHtml(text: string): string {
+  const map: Record<string, string> = {
+    '&': '&amp;',
+    '<': '&lt;',
+    '>': '&gt;',
+    '"': '&quot;',
+    "'": '&#x27;',
+    '/': '&#x2F;',
+  };
+  return text.replace(/[&<>"'/]/g, char => map[char]);
+}
+
+export function safeHtmlSpan(possiblyHtmlString: string): string | JSX.Element {
   const isHtml = isProbablyHTML(possiblyHtmlString);
   if (isHtml) {
-    return (
-      <span
-        className="safe-html-wrapper"
-        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHtml(possiblyHtmlString) }}
-      />
-    );
+    // Render as plain text to display the raw HTML string without interpreting it
+    return <span style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap' }}>{possiblyHtmlString}</span>;
   }
   return possiblyHtmlString;
 }