diff --git a/src/components/blockquote/blockquote-image.twig b/src/components/blockquote/blockquote-image.twig
index e84f0cc..f12b59b 100644
--- a/src/components/blockquote/blockquote-image.twig
+++ b/src/components/blockquote/blockquote-image.twig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <h3>
       <span class="{{ highlight }}">{{ heading }}</span>
     </h3>
-    <p>{{ body_text }}</p>
+    <p>{{ body_text['#text']|spaceless|replace({'</p><p>': '<br>'})|striptags('<a><br>')|raw }}</p>
     {% if citation_author is not empty or citation_description is not empty %}
       <div class="citation">
         <div class="citation-content">