diff --git a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
index 85b59087cc2..217bc961aa1 100644
--- a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ kt_jvm_library(
         "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/common:bazel_client",
         "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/proto:coverage_java_proto",
         "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/proto:script_exemptions_java_proto",
+        "//third_party:com_google_guava_guava",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporter.kt b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporter.kt
index 31763392945..f447a58c256 100644
--- a/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporter.kt
+++ b/scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporter.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.oppia.android.scripts.coverage.reporter
 
+import com.google.common.html.HtmlEscapers
 import org.oppia.android.scripts.proto.Coverage
 import org.oppia.android.scripts.proto.CoverageReport
 import org.oppia.android.scripts.proto.CoverageReportContainer
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ class CoverageReporter(
                 """
                   <tr>
                     <td class="line-number-row">${lineNumber.toString().padStart(4, ' ')}</td>
-                    <td class="$lineClass">$line</td>
+                    <td class="$lineClass">${HtmlEscapers.htmlEscaper().escape(line)}</td>
                   </tr>
                 """.trimIndent()
               )
diff --git a/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel b/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
index 6571e76119e..0747162663f 100644
--- a/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ kt_jvm_test(
         "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter:coverage_reporter_lib",
         "//scripts/src/java/org/oppia/android/scripts/proto:script_exemptions_java_proto",
         "//testing:assertion_helpers",
+        "//third_party:com_google_guava_guava",
         "//third_party:com_google_truth_truth",
         "//third_party:org_jetbrains_kotlin_kotlin-test-junit",
     ],
diff --git a/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporterTest.kt b/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporterTest.kt
index b0af56a1115..97b8e40d350 100644
--- a/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporterTest.kt
+++ b/scripts/src/javatests/org/oppia/android/scripts/coverage/reporter/CoverageReporterTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.oppia.android.scripts.coverage.reporter
 
+import com.google.common.html.HtmlEscapers
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
@@ -697,7 +698,13 @@ class CoverageReporterTest {
     </html>
       """.trimIndent()
 
-    assertThat(outputReportText).isEqualTo(expectedHtml)
+    val unescapedOutputReportText = outputReportText
+      .replace("&quot;", "\"")
+      .replace("&amp;", "&")
+      .replace("&lt;", "<")
+      .replace("&gt;", ">")
+
+    assertThat(unescapedOutputReportText).isEqualTo(expectedHtml)
   }
 
   @Test