diff --git a/projects/packages/videopress/changelog/update-videopress-decode-title-and-description b/projects/packages/videopress/changelog/update-videopress-decode-title-and-description
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfac9b582804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/packages/videopress/changelog/update-videopress-decode-title-and-description
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+VideoPress: Render properly title and description inputs of the video block
diff --git a/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/block-editor/hooks/use-video-data/index.ts b/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/block-editor/hooks/use-video-data/index.ts
index 6923298deac3..1e5d159c68ae 100644
--- a/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/block-editor/hooks/use-video-data/index.ts
+++ b/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/block-editor/hooks/use-video-data/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
  */
 import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
 import { useEffect, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
 import getMediaToken from '../../../lib/get-media-token';
+import { decodeEntities } from '../../../lib/url';
 /**
  * Types
  */
@@ -49,8 +53,8 @@ export default function useVideoData( {
 					allow_download: response.allow_download,
 					post_id: response.post_id,
 					guid: response.guid,
-					title: response.title,
-					description: response.description,
+					title: decodeEntities( response.title ),
+					description: decodeEntities( response.description ),
 					display_embed: response.display_embed,
 					privacy_setting: response.privacy_setting,
 					rating: response.rating,
diff --git a/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/lib/url/index.ts b/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/lib/url/index.ts
index 63d0e422bc0e..b0e83d35ced9 100644
--- a/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/lib/url/index.ts
+++ b/projects/packages/videopress/src/client/lib/url/index.ts
@@ -129,3 +129,41 @@ export function buildVideoPressURL(
 export const removeFileNameExtension = ( name: string ) => {
 	return name.replace( /\.[^/.]+$/, '' );
 };
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to create and return textarea element.
+ * Based on https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/blob/1ea156fe734d57fdf13cd332e82ac688eacd3bee/client/lib/formatting/decode/browser.js#L9
+ *
+ * > Moreover, using textContent can prevent XSS attacks.
+ *
+ * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/textContent#differences_from_innerhtml
+ *
+ * It will be used to decode HTML entities,
+ * As long as element doesn’t get inserted in the DOM,
+ * we’re good in terms of security,
+ * since textContent will return the content without evaluating it.
+ * @returns {HTMLTextAreaElement} - Textarea element
+ */
+const createTextareaElement = (): HTMLTextAreaElement => {
+	if ( document.implementation && document.implementation.createHTMLDocument ) {
+		return document.implementation.createHTMLDocument( '' ).createElement( 'textarea' );
+	}
+
+	return document.createElement( 'textarea' );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Decode the given text, replacing HTML entities
+ * with their corresponding characters.
+ *
+ * @param {string} text     - Text to decode
+ * @returns {string} Decoded text
+ */
+export function decodeEntities( text: string ): string {
+	// Create temporary element to decode entities
+	const element = createTextareaElement();
+	element.innerHTML = text;
+	const decoded = element.textContent;
+	element.innerHTML = '';
+	return decoded;
+}