diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/license.js b/cms/static/js/views/license.js
index 77357431c8..d88f0e167d 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/license.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/license.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ define([
         },
 
         render: function() {
-            this.$el.html(_.template(licenseSelectorTemplate)({
+            edx.HtmlUtils.setHtml(this.$el, edx.HtmlUtils.template(licenseSelectorTemplate)({
                 model: this.model.attributes,
                 licenseString: this.model.toString() || '',
                 licenseInfo: this.licenseInfo,
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/list.js b/cms/static/js/views/list.js
index 7ec03927f2..4e8a4aecb7 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/list.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/list.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define([
         },
 
         render: function(model) {
-            this.$el.html(this.template({
+            var template = this.template({
                 itemCategoryDisplayName: this.itemCategoryDisplayName,
                 newItemMessage: this.newItemMessage,
                 emptyMessage: this.emptyMessage,
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ define([
                 isEditing: model && model.get('editing'),
                 canCreateNewItem: this.canCreateItem(this.collection),
                 restrictEditing: this.restrictEditing
-            }));
+            });
+            edx.HtmlUtils.setHtml(this.$el, edx.HtmlUtils.HTML(template));
 
             this.collection.each(function(model) {
                 this.$(this.listContainerCss).append(