diff --git a/atom.xml b/atom.xml
index f529849..aac0930 100644
--- a/atom.xml
+++ b/atom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ layout: nil
  
  {% for post in site.posts %}
  <entry>
-   <title>{{ post.title }}</title>
+   <title>{{ post.title | xml_escape }}</title>
    <link href="http://blog.rubygems.org{{ post.url }}"/>
    <updated>{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}</updated>
    <id>http://blog.rubygems.org{{ post.id }}</id>