diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.atom.builder b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.atom.builder
index d806acdda1373e9defb9b9f2b91bcb69da9e77ca..049148887632a21cdd276f2caba4d8b3d5714543 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.atom.builder
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.atom.builder
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 xml.entry do
   xml.id      project_commit_url(@project, id: commit.id)
   xml.link    href: project_commit_url(@project, id: commit.id)
-  xml.title   truncate(commit.title, length: 80)
+  xml.title   truncate(commit.title, length: 80, escape: false)
   xml.updated commit.committed_date.xmlschema
   xml.media   :thumbnail, width: "40", height: "40", url: image_url(avatar_icon(commit.author_email))
 
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ xml.entry do
     xml.email commit.author_email
   end
 
-  xml.summary markdown(commit.description, pipeline: :single_line)
+  xml.summary markdown(commit.description, pipeline: :single_line), type: 'html'
 end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/41208-commit-atom-feeds-double-escaped.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/41208-commit-atom-feeds-double-escaped.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..76d3c6eda2481be7bfcaafb469b50ab7427b2a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/41208-commit-atom-feeds-double-escaped.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Allows html text in commits atom feed
+merge_request: 16603
+author: Jacopo Beschi @jacopo-beschi
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/commits_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/commits_controller_spec.rb
index 73fb90d73ec45d227216380117e816701a418ddd..55ed276f96bdcb38aa7714bc1d8cb78824e17299 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/commits_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/commits_controller_spec.rb
@@ -41,15 +41,21 @@ describe Projects::CommitsController do
 
     context "when the ref name ends in .atom" do
       context "when the ref does not exist with the suffix" do
-        it "renders as atom" do
+        before do
           get(:show,
               namespace_id: project.namespace,
               project_id: project,
               id: "master.atom")
+        end
 
+        it "renders as atom" do
           expect(response).to be_success
           expect(response.content_type).to eq('application/atom+xml')
         end
+
+        it 'renders summary with type=html' do
+          expect(response.body).to include('<summary type="html">')
+        end
       end
 
       context "when the ref exists with the suffix" do