Email notifications for new issue view wiki renderer are not working for Description field

Summary

When using the new issue view wiki renderer and using the special character ^ the resulting email notification will display this as :

\^
 

Steps to Reproduce

#Make sure you are in the notification scheme for the so what you will get an email for an update to description
#Add the ^ character to the description field
#Save

Expected Results

Email notification should just show ^

Actual Results

The notification email shows

\^
 

Notes

Workaround

No workaround