diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6623413f9e..4307bce1dec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.4](https://github.com/hugomods/search/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4) (2023-06-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* strip HTML tags from headings ([167d5f1](https://github.com/hugomods/search/commit/167d5f1436c158bb944055d6882f79fefe5afaac))
+
 ## [0.4.3](https://github.com/hugomods/search/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3) (2023-05-23)
 
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/search/functions/parse-headings.html b/layouts/partials/search/functions/parse-headings.html
index 517e60cdf6e..d54f1894876 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/search/functions/parse-headings.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/search/functions/parse-headings.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {{- range .Fragments.HeadingsMap }}
   {{- $headings = $headings | append (dict
     "anchor" .ID
-    "title" (.Title | htmlUnescape))
+    "title" (.Title | plainify))
   }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- return $headings -}}