diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94bd2bf6..0ec39110 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
     "@emotion/react": "^11.11.1",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.11.0",
     "@mui/material": "^5.14.9",
+    "@types/geojson": "^7946.0.10",
     "ajv": "^8.12.0",
     "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
-    "@types/geojson": "^7946.0.10",
     "docx": "^8.2.2",
     "eslint": "^8.49.0",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^4.2.7",
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "prettier": "^3.0.3",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "striptags": "^3.2.0",
     "type-fest": "^4.3.1",
     "uuid": "^9.0.1",
     "zod": "^3.22.2"
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 1739eea7..e0587ee8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ dependencies:
   react-dom:
     specifier: ^18.2.0
     version: 18.2.0(react@18.2.0)
+  striptags:
+    specifier: ^3.2.0
+    version: 3.2.0
   type-fest:
     specifier: ^4.3.1
     version: 4.3.1
@@ -5359,6 +5362,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6fPc+R4ihwqP6N/aIv2f1gMH8lOVtWQHoqC4yK6oSDVVocumAsfCqjkXnqiYMhmMwS/mEHLp7Vehlt3ql6lEig==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
 
+  /striptags@3.2.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-g45ZOGzHDMe2bdYMdIvdAfCQkCTDMGBazSw1ypMowwGIee7ZQ5dU0rBJ8Jqgl+jAKIv4dbeE1jscZq9wid1Tkw==}
+    dev: false
+
   /strnum@1.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-J8bbNyKKXl5qYcR36TIO8W3mVGVHrmmxsd5PAItGkmyzwJvybiw2IVq5nqd0i4LSNSkB/sx9VHllbfFdr9k1JA==}
     dev: false
diff --git a/src/export/bops/index.ts b/src/export/bops/index.ts
index 6a27fd59..3f1a8500 100644
--- a/src/export/bops/index.ts
+++ b/src/export/bops/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import isEmpty from "lodash.isempty";
 import isNil from "lodash.isnil";
+import striptags from "striptags";
 
 import { getResultData } from "../../models/result";
 import { sortBreadcrumbs } from "../../models/session/logic";
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ export function formatProposalDetails({
       if (node.data?.policyRef) {
         metadata.policy_refs = [
           // remove html tags
-          { text: node.data?.policyRef?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "").trim() },
+          { text: striptags(node.data?.policyRef) },
         ];
       }
       return metadata;