diff --git a/widget/tabbar/default.lua b/widget/tabbar/default.lua
index ad6b0b1..070b332 100644
--- a/widget/tabbar/default.lua
+++ b/widget/tabbar/default.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ local position = beautiful.tabbar_position or "top"
 local function create(c, focused_bool, buttons, inactive_bool)
     local flexlist = wibox.layout.flex.horizontal()
     local title_temp = c.name or c.class or "-"
+    title_temp = gears.string.xml_escape(title_temp)
     local bg_temp = inactive_bool and bg_normal_inactive or bg_normal
     local fg_temp = inactive_bool and fg_normal_inactive or fg_normal
     if focused_bool then
diff --git a/widget/tabbar/modern.lua b/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
index 5f48066..81217b1 100644
--- a/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
+++ b/widget/tabbar/modern.lua
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ end
 local function create(c, focused_bool, buttons, inactive_bool)
     -- local flexlist = wibox.layout.flex.horizontal()
     local title_temp = c.name or c.class or "-"
+    title_temp = gears.string.xml_escape(title_temp)
     local bg_temp = inactive_bool and bg_normal_inactive or bg_normal
     local fg_temp = inactive_bool and fg_normal_inactive or fg_normal
     if focused_bool then