diff --git a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
index e2a658cb3..c44e7fc8b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
@@ -35,9 +35,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Formatter do
         nickname_text = get_nickname_text(nickname, opts)
 
         link =
-          ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{
-            nickname_text
-          }</span></a></span>)
+          Phoenix.HTML.Tag.content_tag(
+            :span,
+            Phoenix.HTML.Tag.content_tag(
+              :a,
+              ["@", Phoenix.HTML.Tag.content_tag(:span, nickname_text)],
+              "data-user": id,
+              class: "u-url mention",
+              href: ap_id,
+              rel: "ugc"
+            ),
+            class: "h-card"
+          )
+          |> Phoenix.HTML.safe_to_string()
 
         {link, %{acc | mentions: MapSet.put(acc.mentions, {"@" <> nickname, user})}}
 
@@ -49,7 +59,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Formatter do
   def hashtag_handler("#" <> tag = tag_text, _buffer, _opts, acc) do
     tag = String.downcase(tag)
     url = "#{Pleroma.Web.base_url()}/tag/#{tag}"
-    link = ~s(<a class="hashtag" data-tag="#{tag}" href="#{url}" rel="tag ugc">#{tag_text}</a>)
+
+    link =
+      Phoenix.HTML.Tag.content_tag(:a, tag_text,
+        class: "hashtag",
+        "data-tag": tag,
+        href: url,
+        rel: "tag ugc"
+      )
+      |> Phoenix.HTML.safe_to_string()
 
     {link, %{acc | tags: MapSet.put(acc.tags, {tag_text, tag})}}
   end
diff --git a/test/formatter_test.exs b/test/formatter_test.exs
index cf8441cf6..93fd8eab7 100644
--- a/test/formatter_test.exs
+++ b/test/formatter_test.exs
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FormatterTest do
       assert length(mentions) == 3
 
       expected_text =
-        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{gsimg.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{
+        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{gsimg.id}" href="#{
           gsimg.ap_id
-        }" rel="ugc">@<span>gsimg</span></a></span> According to <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+        }" rel="ugc">@<span>gsimg</span></a></span> According to <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
           archaeme.id
-        }" class="u-url mention" href="#{"https://archeme/@archa_eme_"}" rel="ugc">@<span>archa_eme_</span></a></span>, that is @daggsy. Also hello <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+        }" href="#{"https://archeme/@archa_eme_"}" rel="ugc">@<span>archa_eme_</span></a></span>, that is @daggsy. Also hello <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
           archaeme_remote.id
-        }" class="u-url mention" href="#{archaeme_remote.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>archaeme</span></a></span>)
+        }" href="#{archaeme_remote.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>archaeme</span></a></span>)
 
       assert expected_text == text
     end
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FormatterTest do
       assert length(mentions) == 1
 
       expected_text =
-        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{mike.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{
+        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{mike.id}" href="#{
           mike.ap_id
         }" rel="ugc">@<span>mike</span></a></span> test)
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FormatterTest do
       assert length(mentions) == 1
 
       expected_text =
-        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{o.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{o.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>o</span></a></span> hi)
+        ~s(<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{o.id}" href="#{o.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>o</span></a></span> hi)
 
       assert expected_text == text
     end
@@ -209,17 +209,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.FormatterTest do
       assert mentions == [{"@#{user.nickname}", user}, {"@#{other_user.nickname}", other_user}]
 
       assert expected_text ==
-               ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{user.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{
+               ~s(<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{user.id}" href="#{
                  user.ap_id
-               }" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user.nickname}</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+               }" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user.nickname}</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
                  other_user.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="#{other_user.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{
-                 other_user.nickname
-               }</span></a></span> hey dudes i hate <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+               }" href="#{other_user.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{other_user.nickname}</span></a></span> hey dudes i hate <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
                  third_user.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="#{third_user.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{
-                 third_user.nickname
-               }</span></a></span>)
+               }" href="#{third_user.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{third_user.nickname}</span></a></span>)
     end
 
     test "given the 'safe_mention' option, it will still work without any mention" do
diff --git a/test/user_test.exs b/test/user_test.exs
index 0479f294d..d39787f35 100644
--- a/test/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/user_test.exs
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.UserTest do
       bio = "A.k.a. @nick@domain.com"
 
       expected_text =
-        ~s(A.k.a. <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{remote_user.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{
+        ~s(A.k.a. <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{remote_user.id}" href="#{
           remote_user.ap_id
         }" rel="ugc">@<span>nick@domain.com</span></a></span>)
 
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
index d383d1714..98cf02d49 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
       {output, _, _} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/markdown")
 
       assert output ==
-               ~s(<p><strong>hello world</strong></p><p><em>another <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+               ~s(<p><strong>hello world</strong></p><p><em>another <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
                  user.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="http://foo.com/user__test" rel="ugc">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+               }" href="http://foo.com/user__test" rel="ugc">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
                  user.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="http://foo.com/user__test" rel="ugc">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> <a href="http://google.com" rel="ugc">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>)
+               }" href="http://foo.com/user__test" rel="ugc">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> <a href="http://google.com" rel="ugc">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
index d78fbc5a1..2d256f63c 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIController.UpdateCredentialsTest do
       assert user_data = json_response(conn, 200)
 
       assert user_data["note"] ==
-               ~s(I drink <a class="hashtag" data-tag="cofe" href="http://localhost:4001/tag/cofe">#cofe</a> with <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
+               ~s(I drink <a class="hashtag" data-tag="cofe" href="http://localhost:4001/tag/cofe">#cofe</a> with <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{
                  user2.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="#{user2.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user2.nickname}</span></a></span><br/><br/>suya..)
+               }" href="#{user2.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user2.nickname}</span></a></span><br/><br/>suya..)
     end
 
     test "updates the user's locking status", %{conn: conn} do
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/notification_controller_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/notification_controller_test.exs
index 344eabb4a..6f1fab069 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/notification_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/notification_controller_test.exs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.NotificationControllerTest do
       |> get("/api/v1/notifications")
 
     expected_response =
-      "hi <span class=\"h-card\"><a data-user=\"#{user.id}\" class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"#{
+      "hi <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url mention\" data-user=\"#{user.id}\" href=\"#{
         user.ap_id
       }\" rel=\"ugc\">@<span>#{user.nickname}</span></a></span>"
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.NotificationControllerTest do
     conn = get(conn, "/api/v1/notifications/#{notification.id}")
 
     expected_response =
-      "hi <span class=\"h-card\"><a data-user=\"#{user.id}\" class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"#{
+      "hi <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url mention\" data-user=\"#{user.id}\" href=\"#{
         user.ap_id
       }\" rel=\"ugc\">@<span>#{user.nickname}</span></a></span>"
 
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
index 92f9aa0f5..f6e13b661 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_test.exs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.TwitterAPITest do
     {:ok, user2} = TwitterAPI.register_user(data2)
 
     expected_text =
-      ~s(<span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{user1.id}" class="u-url mention" href="#{
+      ~s(<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" data-user="#{user1.id}" href="#{
         user1.ap_id
       }" rel="ugc">@<span>john</span></a></span> test)