diff --git a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.test.ts b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.test.ts
index 6a02911344d..6fff8906bb0 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.test.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,26 @@ describe('markdownUtils', () => {
           );
         });
       });
+
+      it('should transform formatted heading', () => {
+        const text = '# **bold** *emphasized* with `code` title';
+
+        const html = transformMarkdownToHtml(text);
+
+        expect(removeLineBreaks(html)).toBe(
+          '<div part="answer-heading-1" aria-label="bold emphasized with code title"><strong part="answer-strong">bold</strong> <em part="answer-emphasis">emphasized</em> with <code part="answer-inline-code">code</code> title</div>'
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should transform heading with nested formatting', () => {
+        const text = '# ***bold** emphasized with `code`* title';
+
+        const html = transformMarkdownToHtml(text);
+
+        expect(removeLineBreaks(html)).toBe(
+          '<div part="answer-heading-1" aria-label="bold emphasized with code title"><em part="answer-emphasis"><strong part="answer-strong">bold</strong> emphasized with <code part="answer-inline-code">code</code></em> title</div>'
+        );
+      });
     });
 
     describe('with unclosed inline elements in text', () => {
diff --git a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.ts b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.ts
index 8659f42840a..7dc0cf3ab4e 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-content/markdown-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import {marked} from 'marked';
 
+const toInlinePlainText = (textWithHtml: string): string => {
+  const withoutHtmlTags = textWithHtml.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ');
+  const withCollapsedWhitespaces = withoutHtmlTags.replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
+
+  return withCollapsedWhitespaces.trim();
+};
+
 const unclosedElement = /(\*{1,3}|`)($|\w[\w\s]*$)/;
 
 const completeUnclosedElement = (text: string) => {
@@ -48,7 +55,9 @@ const customRenderer = {
   },
 
   heading(text: string, level: number) {
-    return `<div part="answer-heading-${level}" aria-label="${text}">${text}</div>`;
+    const plainText = toInlinePlainText(text);
+
+    return `<div part="answer-heading-${level}" aria-label="${plainText}">${text}</div>`;
   },
 
   html(text: string) {
diff --git a/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/__tests__/markdownUtils.test.js b/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/__tests__/markdownUtils.test.js
index 3a161743252..e2cbe00e963 100644
--- a/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/__tests__/markdownUtils.test.js
+++ b/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/__tests__/markdownUtils.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ describe('c/markdownUtils', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should transform markdown heading with formatting to HTML <div>', () => {
+      const text = '# **bold** and *emphasized* title';
+      const result = transformMarkdownToHtml(text, marked);
+      expect(removeLineBreaks(result)).toEqual(
+        '<div data-level="answer-heading-1" aria-label="bold and emphasized title"><strong>bold</strong> and <em>emphasized</em> title</div>'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should transform markdown list item to HTML <li>', () => {
       const text = '- Hello, world!';
       const result = transformMarkdownToHtml(text, marked);
diff --git a/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/markdownUtils.js b/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/markdownUtils.js
index 88e87d83f03..11858dcab75 100644
--- a/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/markdownUtils.js
+++ b/packages/quantic/force-app/main/default/lwc/quanticUtils/markdownUtils.js
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ import MARKED_JS from '@salesforce/resourceUrl/marked';
 // @ts-ignore
 import {loadScript} from 'lightning/platformResourceLoader';
 
+/**
+ * Transforms a single line of text that may contain HTML to plain text.
+ * @param {string} textWithHtml A single line of text that may contain HTML
+ * @returns {string} The value as plain text
+ */
+const toInlinePlainText = (textWithHtml) => {
+  const withoutHtmlTags = textWithHtml.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ');
+  const withCollapsedWhitespaces = withoutHtmlTags.replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
+
+  return withCollapsedWhitespaces.trim();
+};
+
 // Any number of `*` between 1 and 3, or a single backtick, followed by a word character or whitespace character
 const unclosedElement = /(\*{1,3}|`)($|\w[\w\s]*$)/;
 
@@ -49,7 +61,9 @@ const customRenderer = {
    * @param {string} level
    */
   heading(text, level) {
-    return `<div data-level="answer-heading-${level}" aria-label="${text}">${text}</div>`;
+    const plainText = toInlinePlainText(text);
+
+    return `<div data-level="answer-heading-${level}" aria-label="${plainText}">${text}</div>`;
   },
 
   /**