diff --git a/jenkins/util.go b/jenkins/util.go
index 3ebd3ec..4a1159f 100644
--- a/jenkins/util.go
+++ b/jenkins/util.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package jenkins
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"html"
 	"log"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -83,9 +84,11 @@ func templateDiff(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
 	old = re.ReplaceAllString(old, "")
 	old = strings.Replace(old, " ", "", -1)
 	old = strings.TrimSpace(old)
+	old = html.UnescapeString(old)
 	new = re.ReplaceAllString(new, "")
 	new = strings.Replace(new, " ", "", -1)
 	new = strings.TrimSpace(new)
+	new = html.UnescapeString(new)
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] jenkins::diff - Old: %q", old)
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] jenkins::diff - New: %q", new)
diff --git a/jenkins/util_test.go b/jenkins/util_test.go
index be07151..6aa49e5 100644
--- a/jenkins/util_test.go
+++ b/jenkins/util_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ func TestTemplateDiff(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTemplateDiff_HTMLEntities(t *testing.T) {
+	job := resourceJenkinsFolder()
+	bag := job.TestResourceData()
+	_ = bag.Set("description", "Case")
+
+	inputLeft := "<root>&apos;/&apos;</root>"
+	inputRight := "<root>'/'</root>"
+	if actual := templateDiff("", inputLeft, inputRight, bag); !actual {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s to be considered equal to %s", inputLeft, inputRight)
+	}
+
+	inputLeft = "<root>'/'</root>"
+	inputRight = "<root>&apos;/&apos;</root>"
+	if actual := templateDiff("", inputLeft, inputRight, bag); !actual {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s to be considered equal to %s", inputLeft, inputRight)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenerateCredentialID(t *testing.T) {
 	inputFolder, inputName := "test-folder", "test-name"
 	actual := generateCredentialID(inputFolder, inputName)