diff --git a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer.rb b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer.rb
index 9515febbbb..d44f24645e 100644
--- a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer.rb
+++ b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def li_value(value)
         end
 
         def search_path(value)
-          Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.search_catalog_path(:"f[#{search_field}][]" => ERB::Util.h(value))
+          Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.search_catalog_path(:"f[#{search_field}][]" => value)
         end
 
         def search_field
diff --git a/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer_spec.rb b/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer_spec.rb
index e8151e4582..a43aea8241 100644
--- a/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/renderers/hyrax/renderers/faceted_attribute_renderer_spec.rb
@@ -18,4 +18,15 @@
     it { expect(renderer).not_to be_microdata(field) }
     it { expect(subject).to be_equivalent_to(expected) }
   end
+
+  describe "href generated" do
+    describe "escaping" do
+      let(:renderer) { described_class.new(field, ['John & Bob']) }
+      let(:rendered_link) { Nokogiri::HTML(renderer.render).at_css("a") }
+      let(:rendered_link_query) { URI.parse(rendered_link['href']).query }
+      it "escapes content properly" do
+        expect(rendered_link_query).to eq "#{CGI.escape('f[name_sim][]')}=#{CGI.escape('John & Bob')}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end