diff --git a/lms/static/js/components/header/views/header.js b/lms/static/js/components/header/views/header.js
index 2c4ca36211..0f584f5242 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/components/header/views/header.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/components/header/views/header.js
@@ -3,26 +3,33 @@
  */
 (function(define) {
     'use strict';
-    define(['backbone', 'text!templates/components/header/header.underscore'],
-           function(Backbone, headerTemplate) {
-               var HeaderView = Backbone.View.extend({
-                   initialize: function(options) {
-                       this.template = _.template(headerTemplate);
-                       this.headerActionsView = options.headerActionsView;
-                       this.listenTo(this.model, 'change', this.render);
-                       this.render();
-                   },
+    define([
+        'backbone',
+        'text!templates/components/header/header.underscore',
+        'edx-ui-toolkit/js/utils/html-utils'
+    ],
+    function(Backbone, headerTemplate, HtmlUtils) {
+        var HeaderView = Backbone.View.extend({
+            initialize: function(options) {
+                this.template = HtmlUtils.template(headerTemplate);
+                this.headerActionsView = options.headerActionsView;
+                this.listenTo(this.model, 'change', this.render);
+                this.render();
+            },
 
-                   render: function() {
-                       var json = this.model.attributes;
-                       this.$el.html(this.template(json));
-                       if (this.headerActionsView) {
-                           this.headerActionsView.setElement(this.$('.page-header-secondary')).render();
-                       }
-                       return this;
-                   }
-               });
+            render: function() {
+                var json = this.model.attributes;
+                HtmlUtils.setHtml(
+                    this.$el,
+                    this.template(json)
+                );
+                if (this.headerActionsView) {
+                    this.headerActionsView.setElement(this.$('.page-header-secondary')).render();
+                }
+                return this;
+            }
+        });
 
-               return HeaderView;
-           });
+        return HeaderView;
+    });
 }).call(this, define || RequireJS.define);