diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index e9d7589e4e..02b92a2287 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ All changes included in 1.7:
 
 - ([#11654](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11654)): Allow `page-inset` as value in `column` key for code cells.
 
-## Book Project
+## Website projects
+
+- ([#11701](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11701)): Wrap HTML emitted by EJS templates in `{=html}` blocks to avoid memory blowup issues with Pandoc's parser.
+
+## Book projects
 
 - ([#11520](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11520)): Book's cover image now escapes lightbox treatment, which was incorrectly applied to it when `lightbox: true` was set in the book's configuration.
 
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
index 278b153b32..edaebc664f 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-default.ejs.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ print(`<div class="metadata-value listing-${field}">${listing.utilities.outputLi
 <% } %>
 </div>
 <div class="metadata"><a href="<%- item.path %>" class="no-external">
-<% if (fields.includes('date') && item.date) { %><div class="listing-date">`<%= item.date %>`{=html}</div><% } %>
+<% if (fields.includes('date') && item.date) { %><div class="listing-date"><%= item.date %></div><% } %>
 <% if (fields.includes('author') && item.author) { %><div class="listing-author"><%= item.author %></div><% } %>
 <% if (fields.includes('reading-time') && item['reading-time']) { %> <div class="listing-reading-time"><%= item['reading-time'] %></div> <% } %>
 <% for (const field of otherFields) { %>
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-grid.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-grid.ejs.md
index 860e77ad6a..a584349734 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-grid.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/item-grid.ejs.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const flexJustify = showField('author') && showField('date') ? "justify" : showF
 <% if (showField('author') || showField('date')) { %>
 <div class="card-attribution card-text-small <%-flexJustify%>">
 <% if (showField('author')) { %><div class="listing-author"><%= item.author %></div><% } %>
-<% if (showField('date')) { %><div class="listing-date">`<%= item.date %>`{=html}</div><% } %>
+<% if (showField('date')) { %><div class="listing-date"><%= item.date %></div><% } %>
 </div>
 <% } %>
 
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-default.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-default.ejs.md
index a191a600f2..c95f18c77d 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-default.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-default.ejs.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 :::{.list .quarto-listing-default}
+``````{=html}
 <% for (const item of items) { %>
 <% partial('item-default.ejs.md', {listing, item, utils }) %>
 <% } %>
+``````
 :::
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-grid.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-grid.ejs.md
index 855865c50c..f049b94bb3 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-grid.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-grid.ejs.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ const cols = listing['grid-columns'];
 %>
 
 :::{.list .grid .quarto-listing-cols-<%=cols%>}
+```{=html}
 <% for (const item of items) { %>
 <% partial('item-grid.ejs.md', {listing, item, utils }) %>
 <% } %>
+```
 :::
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-table.ejs.md b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-table.ejs.md
index 14b56db05b..864a26f70f 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-table.ejs.md
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/listing/listing-table.ejs.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ return listing.utilities.outputLink(item, field, value, `listing-${field}`);
 }
 %>
 
+```{=html}
 <table class="quarto-listing-table table<%- stripedCls %><%- hoverCls %>">
 <thead>
 <tr>
@@ -90,3 +91,4 @@ return listing.utilities.outputLink(item, field, value, `listing-${field}`);
 <% } %>
 </tbody>
 </table>
+```
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