diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/announcements/AnnouncementAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/announcements/AnnouncementAdapter.kt
index 4b5e7aa51..70ebfc7dc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/announcements/AnnouncementAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/announcements/AnnouncementAdapter.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.interfaces.LinkListener
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.BindingHolder
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.EmojiSpan
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.emojify
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.parseAsMastodonHtml
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.setClickableText
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class AnnouncementAdapter(
         val chips = holder.binding.chipGroup
         val addReactionChip = holder.binding.addReactionChip
 
-        val emojifiedText: CharSequence = item.content.emojify(item.emojis, text, animateEmojis)
+        val emojifiedText: CharSequence = item.content.parseAsMastodonHtml().emojify(item.emojis, text, animateEmojis)
 
         setClickableText(text, emojifiedText, item.mentions, item.tags, listener)