diff --git a/src/js/menu/menu-item.js b/src/js/menu/menu-item.js
index 99accf6d46..33f5bedd68 100644
--- a/src/js/menu/menu-item.js
+++ b/src/js/menu/menu-item.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import ClickableComponent from '../clickable-component.js';
 import Component from '../component.js';
 import {createEl} from '../utils/dom.js';
+import { containsHexCode, decodeString } from '../utils/str.js';
 
 /** @import Player from '../player' */
 
@@ -68,10 +69,18 @@ class MenuItem extends ClickableComponent {
       tabIndex: -1
     }, props), attrs);
 
+    const createTextContent = () => {
+      if (containsHexCode(this.options_.label)) {
+        return this.localize(decodeString(this.options_.label));
+      }
+
+      return this.localize(this.options_.label);
+    };
+
     // swap icon with menu item text.
     const menuItemEl = createEl('span', {
       className: 'vjs-menu-item-text',
-      textContent: this.localize(this.options_.label)
+      textContent: createTextContent()
     });
 
     // If using SVG icons, the element with vjs-icon-placeholder will be added separately.
diff --git a/src/js/utils/str.js b/src/js/utils/str.js
index 3eb3ee8147..08af74cfac 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/str.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/str.js
@@ -52,3 +52,30 @@ export const toTitleCase = function(string) {
 export const titleCaseEquals = function(str1, str2) {
   return toTitleCase(str1) === toTitleCase(str2);
 };
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {string} string
+ *        The string that will be tested
+ *
+ * @return {boolean}
+ *          Whether the string contains a Hex Code
+ */
+export const containsHexCode = (string) => {
+  return /(&#x[0-9a-fA-F]{2,4};)/.test(string);
+};
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {string} string
+ *        The string that will be decoded
+ *
+ * @return {string}
+ *        Decoded string without problematic characters
+ */
+export const decodeString = (string) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
+  const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(string, 'text/html');
+
+  return doc.documentElement.textContent;
+};