diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 828960b3a2..5154c6f404 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -3121,8 +3121,9 @@ App::post('/v1/account/verification/phone')
         $messageContent
             ->setParam('{{project}}', $project->getAttribute('name'))
             ->setParam('{{secret}}', $secret);
+        $messageContent = \strip_tags($messageContent->render());
 
-        $message = $message->setParam('{{token}}', $messageContent->render(true, Template::FILTER_ESCAPE));
+        $message = $message->setParam('{{token}}', $messageContent);
         $message = $message->render();
 
         $messageDoc = new Document([
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Template/Template.php b/src/Appwrite/Template/Template.php
index 70d9806df5..b584990e01 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Template/Template.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Template/Template.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Template extends View
      *
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function render($minify = true, string $filter = self::FILTER_NL2P): string
+    public function render($minify = true): string
     {
         if ($this->rendered) { // Don't render any template
             return '';
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Template extends View
         if (\is_readable($this->path)) {
             $template = \file_get_contents($this->path); // Include template file
         } elseif (!empty($this->content)) {
-            $template = $this->print($this->content, $filter);
+            $template = $this->print($this->content);
         } else {
             throw new Exception('"' . $this->path . '" template is not readable or not found');
         }