diff --git a/packages/main/cypress/specs/TextArea.cy.tsx b/packages/main/cypress/specs/TextArea.cy.tsx
index bc64d6ad268f..ecb931be9ddb 100644
--- a/packages/main/cypress/specs/TextArea.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/cypress/specs/TextArea.cy.tsx
@@ -397,8 +397,31 @@ describe("TextArea general interaction", () => {
 						.should("be.equal", initialTextareaSize);
 				});
 		});
+
+		it("should grow correctly when typing symbols (&)", () => {
+			cy.mount(<TextArea growing={true} value="&&&" style="width: 100px"></TextArea>);
+
+			cy.get("[ui5-textarea]")
+				.as("textarea");
+
+			cy.get("@textarea")
+				.realClick();
+
+			cy.get("@textarea")
+				.then(textarea => {
+					const initialTextareaSize = textarea.height();
+
+					cy.focused()
+						.realType("&");
+
+					cy.get("@textarea")
+						.invoke("height")
+						.should("be.equal", initialTextareaSize);
+				});
+		});
 	});
 
+
 	describe("When having max length set", () => {
 		it("prevents input when max is reached", () => {
 			cy.mount(<TextArea maxlength={10}></TextArea>);
diff --git a/packages/main/src/TextArea.ts b/packages/main/src/TextArea.ts
index 22a8e552beaa..e4a4e44f49df 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/TextArea.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/TextArea.ts
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class TextArea extends UI5Element implements IFormInputElement {
 	}
 
 	_tokenizeText(value: string) {
-		const tokenizedText = value.replace(/&/gm, "&amp;").replace(/"/gm, "&quot;").replace(/'/gm, "&apos;").replace(/</gm, "<")
+		const tokenizedText = value.replace(/</gm, "<")
 			.replace(/>/gm, ">")
 			.split("\n");
 
diff --git a/packages/main/src/themes/TextArea.css b/packages/main/src/themes/TextArea.css
index 74491d68efa5..b2a946b0cfa8 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/themes/TextArea.css
+++ b/packages/main/src/themes/TextArea.css
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@
 	max-height: 94vh;
 	min-height: calc((var(--_textarea_rows) * var(--_ui5_textarea_line_height)) * var(--sapFontSize) + var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_top) + var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_bottom));
 	word-break: break-all;
-	padding-top: var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_top);
-	padding-bottom: var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_bottom);
+	padding: var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_top) var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_right_and_left) var(--_ui5_textarea_padding_bottom);
 	font-size: var(--sapFontSize);
 	font-family: "72override", var(--sapFontFamily);
 	white-space: pre-wrap;