diff --git a/uorss.sh b/uorss.sh
index 9c3f45e..fdba429 100755
--- a/uorss.sh
+++ b/uorss.sh
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ ingestArtist () {
 <link href="'"$feed_url"'" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/>
 <link href="'"$artist_url"'" rel="alternate"/>
 <id>'"$artist_url"'</id>
-<updated>'"$(date -Is)"'</updated>
+<updated>'"$(date -Is | jq @html -rR)"'</updated>
 <author><name>'"$artist_name"'</name></author>
 ' > "$feed_file~"
     cat "$entries_file" >> "$feed_file~"