diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Breadcrumbs/tpl.breadcrumbs.html b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Breadcrumbs/tpl.breadcrumbs.html
index 7baecd65716b..738a4b30c7a3 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Breadcrumbs/tpl.breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Breadcrumbs/tpl.breadcrumbs.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <nav aria-label="{ARIA_LABEL}" class="breadcrumb-wrapper">
 	<div class="breadcrumb" dir="rtl">
 		<!-- BEGIN crumbs -->
-        <!-- BEGIN separator --><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl">&#9247;</span><!-- END separator -->
+        <!-- BEGIN separator --><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl"></span><!-- END separator -->
 		<span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr">
 			{CRUMB}
 		</span>
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Breadcrumbs/BreadcrumbsTest.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Breadcrumbs/BreadcrumbsTest.php
index 608861a9ab17..d33e8eb1a208 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Breadcrumbs/BreadcrumbsTest.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Breadcrumbs/BreadcrumbsTest.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public function testRendering(): void
             . '		<span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr">'
             . '			<a href="#">label2</a>'
             . '		</span>'
-            . '     <span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl">&#9247;</span>'
+            . '     <span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl"></span>'
             . '		<span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr">'
             . '			<a href="#">label</a>'
             . '		</span>'
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public function testRenderingWithSpecialCharacters(): void
             . '		    <span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr">'
             . '			    <a href="#">label with special characters + –...+}*@ç%#&/($</a>'
             . '		    </span>'
-            . '         <span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl">&#9247;</span>'
+            . '         <span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl"></span>'
             . '		    <span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr">'
             . '			    <a href="#">label without special characters</a>'
             . '		    </span>'
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Layout/Page/StandardPageTest.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Layout/Page/StandardPageTest.php
index 243789db78e8..18f093e9bba9 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Layout/Page/StandardPageTest.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/tests/Component/Layout/Page/StandardPageTest.php
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public function testRenderingWithCrumbs(): void
         <main class="il-layout-page-content">
                 <div class="breadcrumbs">
                     <nav aria-label="breadcrumbs_aria_label" class="breadcrumb-wrapper">
-                        <div class="breadcrumb" dir="rtl"><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label3</a></span><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl">&#9247;</span><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label2</a></span><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl">&#9247;</span><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label1</a></span></div>
+                        <div class="breadcrumb" dir="rtl"><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label3</a></span><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl"></span><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label2</a></span><span class="breadcrumb-separator" dir="rtl"></span><span class="breadcrumb-crumb" dir="ltr"><a href="#">label1</a></span></div>
                     </nav>
                 </div>some content
         </main>