diff --git a/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php b/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
index ece174cd1..076f52373 100644
--- a/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
+++ b/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
@@ -304,6 +304,19 @@ if (! function_exists('escapeString')) {
     }
 }
 
+if (! function_exists('regex_display_value')) {
+    /**
+     * Decode entity-encoded regex text at the presentation boundary.
+     *
+     * Blade should still render the returned value with escaped {{ }} output so regexes that
+     * contain HTML-looking text remain safe while displaying named groups and quotes readably.
+     */
+    function regex_display_value(mixed $value): string
+    {
+        return html_entity_decode((string) ($value ?? ''), ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
+    }
+}
+
 if (! function_exists('realDuration')) {
 
     function realDuration(mixed $milliseconds): string
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-edit.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-edit.blade.php
index 9d3e87794..30a582f8d 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-edit.blade.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                            id="group_regex"
                            name="group_regex"
                            class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                           value="{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->group_regex ?? '') }}"
+                           value="{{ $regex->group_regex ?? '' }}"
                            required>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                               name="regex"
                               class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 font-mono text-sm"
                               rows="4"
-                              required>{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                              required>{{ regex_display_value($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                     Regex to use when categorizing releases.<br>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                     <textarea id="description"
                               name="description"
                               class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                              rows="3">{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->description ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                              rows="3">{{ $regex->description ?? '' }}</textarea>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                     Description for this regex. You can include an example usenet subject this regex would match on.
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-list.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-list.blade.php
index 550e5ed18..48aa286b6 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-list.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/category-list.blade.php
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm">
                                     <div class="max-w-[200px] wrap-break-word">
-                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}">
-                                            {{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}
+                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}">
+                                            {{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}
                                         </code>
                                     </div>
                                 </td>
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-edit.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-edit.blade.php
index 36a7ddbbf..8665fbbe5 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-edit.blade.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                            id="group_regex"
                            name="group_regex"
                            class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-100 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                           value="{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->group_regex ?? '') }}"
+                           value="{{ $regex->group_regex ?? '' }}"
                            required>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                               name="regex"
                               class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-100 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 font-mono text-sm"
                               rows="4"
-                              required>{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                              required>{{ regex_display_value($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
                     Regex to use when grouping binaries into collections.<br>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                     <textarea id="description"
                               name="description"
                               class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:text-gray-100 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                              rows="3">{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->description ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                              rows="3">{{ $regex->description ?? '' }}</textarea>
                 </div>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
                     Description for this regex. You can include an example usenet subject this regex would match on.
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-list.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-list.blade.php
index cb14fd9c4..c6ce2d28b 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-list.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-list.blade.php
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm">
                                     <div class="max-w-[200px] wrap-break-word">
-                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}">
-                                            {{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}
+                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}">
+                                            {{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}
                                         </code>
                                     </div>
                                 </td>
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-test.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-test.blade.php
index a0bd5531e..74d0b2f9a 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-test.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/collection-test.blade.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                           class="w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 font-mono text-sm"
                           rows="4"
                           required
-                          placeholder="/^(?P<name>.*?)([\. ]S\d{1,3}[\. ]?E\d{1,3})/i">{{ $regex }}</textarea>
+                          placeholder="/^(?P<name>.*?)([\. ]S\d{1,3}[\. ]?E\d{1,3})/i">{{ regex_display_value($regex) }}</textarea>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                     Enter the regex pattern to test. Include delimiters and flags.
                 </p>
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-edit.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-edit.blade.php
index 251e9f920..c592249fb 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-edit.blade.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                                id="group_regex"
                                name="group_regex"
                                class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                               value="{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->group_regex ?? '') }}"
+                               value="{{ $regex->group_regex ?? '' }}"
                                required>
                     </div>
                     <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                                   name="regex"
                                   class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 font-mono text-sm"
                                   rows="4"
-                                  required>{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                                  required>{{ regex_display_value($regex->regex ?? '') }}</textarea>
                     </div>
                     <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                         Regex to use when renaming releases.<br>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                         <textarea id="description"
                                   name="description"
                                   class="pl-10 w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500"
-                                  rows="3">{{ htmlspecialchars($regex->description ?? '') }}</textarea>
+                                  rows="3">{{ $regex->description ?? '' }}</textarea>
                     </div>
                     <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                         Description for this regex. You can include an example release name this regex would match on.
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-list.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-list.blade.php
index d3bbc4b4c..e65ddc969 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-list.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-list.blade.php
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm">
                                     <div class="max-w-[200px] wrap-break-word">
-                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}">
-                                            {{ htmlspecialchars($row->regex) }}
+                                        <code class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200 px-2 py-1 rounded text-xs break-all" title="{{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}">
+                                            {{ regex_display_value($row->regex) }}
                                         </code>
                                     </div>
                                 </td>
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-test.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-test.blade.php
index 19d57ee93..7bfb1786c 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-test.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/regexes/release-naming-test.blade.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                           class="w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 rounded-lg focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 font-mono text-sm"
                           rows="4"
                           required
-                          placeholder="/^(?P<name>.*?)([\. ]S\d{1,3}[\. ]?E\d{1,3})/i">{{ $regex }}</textarea>
+                          placeholder="/^(?P<name>.*?)([\. ]S\d{1,3}[\. ]?E\d{1,3})/i">{{ regex_display_value($regex) }}</textarea>
                 <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500">
                     Enter the regex pattern to test. Include delimiters and flags.
                 </p>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AdminRegexesControllerTest.php b/tests/Feature/AdminRegexesControllerTest.php
index e789d4b6f..2c0f7cd5d 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/AdminRegexesControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/AdminRegexesControllerTest.php
@@ -166,6 +166,63 @@ class AdminRegexesControllerTest extends TestCase
             ->assertNotFound();
     }
 
+    public function test_admin_regex_list_pages_decode_entity_encoded_regexes_without_double_escaping(): void
+    {
+        $admin = $this->createUserWithRole('Admin');
+        $rawRegex = '/^(?P<name>.+?) - "(?P<title>.+?)"$/i';
+        $entityEncodedRegex = '/^(?P&lt;name&gt;.+?) - &quot;(?P&lt;title&gt;.+?)&quot;$/i';
+        $scriptTag = '<'.'script>alert("x")</'.'script>';
+        $htmlLookingRegex = '/^(?P&lt;name&gt;.+?)'.$scriptTag.'$/i';
+
+        foreach (['release_naming_regexes', 'collection_regexes', 'category_regexes'] as $table) {
+            $this->insertRegexFixture($table, $rawRegex, 'Raw regex fixture');
+            $this->insertRegexFixture($table, $entityEncodedRegex, 'Entity encoded regex fixture');
+            $this->insertRegexFixture($table, $htmlLookingRegex, 'HTML-looking regex fixture');
+        }
+
+        foreach ([
+            route('admin.release_naming_regexes-list'),
+            route('admin.collection_regexes-list'),
+            route('admin.category_regexes-list'),
+        ] as $url) {
+            $response = $this->actingAs($admin)->get($url);
+
+            $response->assertOk()
+                ->assertSee(e($rawRegex), false)
+                ->assertSee(e(html_entity_decode($entityEncodedRegex, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8')), false)
+                ->assertSee(e(html_entity_decode($htmlLookingRegex, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8')), false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;quot;', false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;lt;', false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;gt;', false)
+                ->assertDontSee($scriptTag, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function test_admin_regex_edit_pages_decode_entity_encoded_regexes_without_double_escaping(): void
+    {
+        $admin = $this->createUserWithRole('Admin');
+        $entityEncodedRegex = '/^(?P&lt;name&gt;.+?) - &quot;(?P&lt;title&gt;.+?)&quot;$/i';
+        $expectedRenderedRegex = e(html_entity_decode($entityEncodedRegex, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8'));
+
+        $releaseNamingRegexId = $this->insertRegexFixture('release_naming_regexes', $entityEncodedRegex, 'Release naming encoded regex');
+        $collectionRegexId = $this->insertRegexFixture('collection_regexes', $entityEncodedRegex, 'Collection encoded regex');
+        $categoryRegexId = $this->insertRegexFixture('category_regexes', $entityEncodedRegex, 'Category encoded regex');
+
+        foreach ([
+            route('admin.release_naming_regexes-edit', ['id' => (string) $releaseNamingRegexId]),
+            route('admin.collection_regexes-edit', ['id' => (string) $collectionRegexId]),
+            route('admin.category_regexes-edit', ['id' => (string) $categoryRegexId]),
+        ] as $url) {
+            $this->actingAs($admin)
+                ->get($url)
+                ->assertOk()
+                ->assertSee($expectedRenderedRegex, false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;quot;', false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;lt;', false)
+                ->assertDontSee('&amp;gt;', false);
+        }
+    }
+
     private function setEnvironmentValue(string $key, ?string $value): void
     {
         if ($value === null) {
@@ -373,6 +430,23 @@ class AdminRegexesControllerTest extends TestCase
         return $user->fresh();
     }
 
+    private function insertRegexFixture(string $table, string $regex, string $description): int
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'group_regex' => 'alt\\.binaries\\.example',
+            'regex' => $regex,
+            'description' => $description,
+            'ordinal' => 10,
+            'status' => 1,
+        ];
+
+        if ($table === 'category_regexes') {
+            $data['categories_id'] = 1;
+        }
+
+        return (int) DB::table($table)->insertGetId($data);
+    }
+
     private function resetGlobalComposerState(): void
     {
         $reflection = new ReflectionClass(GlobalDataComposer::class);