diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php
index 2f6ddc96173..a3bd2d5659b 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NoticeHandler {
 		wc_clear_notices();
 
 		foreach ( $error_notices as $error_notice ) {
-			throw new RouteException( $error_code, $error_notice['notice'], 400 );
+			throw new RouteException( $error_code, wp_strip_all_tags( $error_notice['notice'] ), 400 );
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/tests/php/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/tests/php/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52aea2bf3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/tests/php/StoreApi/Utilities/NoticeHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * NoticeHandler Tests.
+ */
+
+namespace Automattic\WooCommerce\Blocks\Tests\StoreApi\Utilities;
+
+use Automattic\WooCommerce\Blocks\StoreApi\Routes\RouteException;
+use Automattic\WooCommerce\Blocks\StoreApi\Utilities\CartController;
+use Automattic\WooCommerce\Blocks\StoreApi\Utilities\NoticeHandler;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use \WC_Helper_Product as ProductHelper;
+
+class NoticeHandlerTests extends TestCase {
+
+	public function test_convert_notices_to_exceptions() {
+		$this->expectException( RouteException::class );
+		$this->expectExceptionMessage( 'This is an error message with Some HTML in it.' );
+		wc_add_notice( '<strong>This is an error message with <a href="#">Some HTML in it</a>.', 'error' );
+		$errors = NoticeHandler::convert_notices_to_exceptions( 'test_error' );
+	}
+}