diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 608b074f..5ea13690 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "asciidoctor-vscode",
-	"version": "3.1.5",
+	"version": "3.1.6-dev",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "asciidoctor-vscode",
-			"version": "3.1.5",
+			"version": "3.1.6-dev",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@antora/content-classifier": "3.1.2",
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 				"@asciidoctor/docbook-converter": "2.0.0",
 				"@orcid/bibtex-parse-js": "0.0.25",
 				"asciidoctor-kroki": "^0.17.0",
+				"html-entities": "^2.4.0",
 				"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
 				"querystring": "^0.2.1",
 				"tty-browserify": "^0.0.1",
@@ -5192,6 +5193,21 @@
 				"node": ">=10"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/html-entities": {
+			"version": "2.4.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-2.4.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-igBTJcNNNhvZFRtm8uA6xMY6xYleeDwn3PeBCkDz7tHttv4F2hsDI2aPgNERWzvRcNYHNT3ymRaQzllmXj4YsQ==",
+			"funding": [
+				{
+					"type": "github",
+					"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/mdevils"
+				},
+				{
+					"type": "patreon",
+					"url": "https://patreon.com/mdevils"
+				}
+			]
+		},
 		"node_modules/htmlparser2": {
 			"version": "8.0.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser2/-/htmlparser2-8.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 283826f2..157d37f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@
 		"@asciidoctor/docbook-converter": "2.0.0",
 		"@orcid/bibtex-parse-js": "0.0.25",
 		"asciidoctor-kroki": "^0.17.0",
+		"html-entities": "^2.4.0",
 		"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
 		"querystring": "^0.2.1",
 		"tty-browserify": "^0.0.1",
diff --git a/src/tableOfContentsProvider.ts b/src/tableOfContentsProvider.ts
index 56b4f366..91ba1191 100644
--- a/src/tableOfContentsProvider.ts
+++ b/src/tableOfContentsProvider.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode'
+import { decode as htmlEntitiesDecode } from 'html-entities'
 import { githubSlugifier, Slug } from './slugify'
 import { SkinnyTextDocument } from './util/document'
 import { AsciidocLoader } from './asciidocLoader'
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export class TableOfContentsProvider {
         }
         return {
           slug: new Slug(section.getId()),
-          text: section.getTitle(),
+          text: htmlEntitiesDecode(section.getTitle()),
           level: section.getLevel(),
           line: lineNumber,
           location: new vscode.Location(textDocument.uri,
diff --git a/src/test/tableOfContentsProvider.test.ts b/src/test/tableOfContentsProvider.test.ts
index b3ec0854..17eafc54 100644
--- a/src/test/tableOfContentsProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/tableOfContentsProvider.test.ts
@@ -85,4 +85,38 @@ content`
     const documentTitleEntry = toc.find((entry) => entry.text === 'test' && entry.line === 0)
     assert.deepStrictEqual(documentTitleEntry !== undefined, true, 'should include the document title in the TOC')
   })
+
+  test('Should properly decode HTML entities', async () => {
+    const doc = new InMemoryDocument(vscode.Uri.file('test.adoc'), `= Title
+
+== Dungeons & Dragons
+
+== Let's do it!`)
+    const provider = new TableOfContentsProvider(doc, new AsciidocLoader(
+      new AsciidoctorConfig(),
+      new AsciidoctorExtensions(AsciidoctorExtensionsSecurityPolicyArbiter.activate(extensionContext)),
+      new AsciidoctorDiagnostic('test')
+    ))
+
+    const toc = await provider.getToc()
+    const ddEntry = toc.find((t) => t.text === 'Dungeons & Dragons')
+    assert.strictEqual(ddEntry !== null, true, 'should find an entry with title: Dungeons & Dragons')
+    assert.deepStrictEqual({
+      text: ddEntry.text,
+      slug: ddEntry.slug.value,
+    }, {
+      text: 'Dungeons & Dragons',
+      slug: '_dungeons_dragons',
+    })
+    console.log(toc.map((t) => t.text))
+    const ldiEntry = toc.find((t) => t.text === 'Let’s do it!')
+    assert.strictEqual(ldiEntry !== null, true, 'should find an entry with title: Let’s do it!')
+    assert.deepStrictEqual({
+      text: ldiEntry.text,
+      slug: ldiEntry.slug.value,
+    }, {
+      text: 'Let’s do it!',
+      slug: '_lets_do_it',
+    })
+  })
 })