diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 973cd1179a..5937e3ab65 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ linelists.cdms
 - Fix issues with the line name parser and the line data parser; the original
   implementation was incomplete and upstream was not fully documented. [#2385, #2411]
 
+oac
+^^^
+
+- Fix bug in parsing events that contain html tags (e.g. in their alias
+  field). [#2423]
+
+
 Infrastructure, Utility and Other Changes and Additions
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/astroquery/oac/core.py b/astroquery/oac/core.py
index 28148b4166..84286dd9dd 100644
--- a/astroquery/oac/core.py
+++ b/astroquery/oac/core.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import json
 import csv
+import re
 
 import astropy.units as u
 from astropy.table import Column, Table
@@ -435,7 +436,12 @@ def _args_to_payload(self, event, quantity,
 
     def _format_output(self, raw_output):
         if self.FORMAT == 'csv':
-            split_output = raw_output.splitlines()
+
+            fixed_raw_output = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', raw_output)
+            split_output = fixed_raw_output.splitlines()
+
+            # Remove any HTML tags
+
             columns = list(csv.reader([split_output[0]], delimiter=',',
                            quotechar='"'))[0]
             rows = split_output[1:]
diff --git a/astroquery/oac/tests/test_oac_remote.py b/astroquery/oac/tests/test_oac_remote.py
index 3980547068..e14567900a 100644
--- a/astroquery/oac/tests/test_oac_remote.py
+++ b/astroquery/oac/tests/test_oac_remote.py
@@ -59,25 +59,27 @@ def test_query_region_box_json(self):
                                 data_format='json')
         assert isinstance(phot, dict)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Upstream API issue.  See #1130")
     def test_get_photometry(self):
         phot = OAC.get_photometry(event="SN2014J")
         assert isinstance(phot, Table)
+        assert len(phot) > 0
 
     def test_get_photometry_b(self):
         phot = OAC.get_photometry(event="SN2014J")
         assert isinstance(phot, Table)
+        assert len(phot) > 0
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Upstream API issue.  See #1130")
     def test_get_single_spectrum(self):
         spec = OAC.get_single_spectrum(event="SN2014J",
                                        time=self.test_time)
         assert isinstance(spec, Table)
+        assert len(spec) > 0
 
     def test_get_single_spectrum_b(self):
         test_time = 56680
         spec = OAC.get_single_spectrum(event="SN2014J", time=test_time)
         assert isinstance(spec, Table)
+        assert len(spec) > 0
 
     def test_get_spectra(self):
         spec = OAC.get_spectra(event="SN2014J")