diff --git a/includes/CategoryViewer.php b/includes/CategoryViewer.php
index 9d692d71b3b..f36c75800b9 100644
--- a/includes/CategoryViewer.php
+++ b/includes/CategoryViewer.php
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ class CategoryViewer extends ContextSource {
 	 * @return string HTML
 	 */
 	private function pagingLinks( $first, $last, $type = '' ) {
-		$prevLink = $this->msg( 'prev-page' )->text();
+		$prevLink = $this->msg( 'prev-page' )->escaped();
 
 		$linkRenderer = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getLinkRenderer();
 		if ( $first != '' ) {
@@ -638,13 +638,13 @@ class CategoryViewer extends ContextSource {
 			unset( $prevQuery["{$type}from"] );
 			$prevLink = $linkRenderer->makeKnownLink(
 				$this->addFragmentToTitle( $this->title, $type ),
-				$prevLink,
+				new HtmlArmor( $prevLink ),
 				[],
 				$prevQuery
 			);
 		}
 
-		$nextLink = $this->msg( 'next-page' )->text();
+		$nextLink = $this->msg( 'next-page' )->escaped();
 
 		if ( $last != '' ) {
 			$lastQuery = $this->query;
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ class CategoryViewer extends ContextSource {
 			unset( $lastQuery["{$type}until"] );
 			$nextLink = $linkRenderer->makeKnownLink(
 				$this->addFragmentToTitle( $this->title, $type ),
-				$nextLink,
+				new HtmlArmor( $nextLink ),
 				[],
 				$lastQuery
 			);