diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro.tsx
index f12b03e288..67daec115d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import { privateShouldBeEncrypted } from "../../../utils/rooms";
 import { LocalRoom } from "../../../models/LocalRoom";
 import { shouldEncryptRoomWithSingle3rdPartyInvite } from "../../../utils/room/shouldEncryptRoomWithSingle3rdPartyInvite";
 import { useScopedRoomContext } from "../../../contexts/ScopedRoomContext.tsx";
+import { useTopic } from "../../../hooks/room/useTopic";
+import { topicToHtml, Linkify } from "../../../HtmlUtils";
 
 function hasExpectedEncryptionSettings(matrixClient: MatrixClient, room: Room): boolean {
     const isEncrypted: boolean = matrixClient.isRoomEncrypted(room.roomId);
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ const determineIntroMessage = (room: Room, encryptedSingle3rdPartyInvite: boolea
 const NewRoomIntro: React.FC = () => {
     const cli = useContext(MatrixClientContext);
     const { room, roomId } = useScopedRoomContext("room", "roomId");
+    const topic = useTopic(room);
 
     if (!room || !roomId) {
         throw new Error("Unable to create a NewRoomIntro without room and roomId");
@@ -106,7 +109,6 @@ const NewRoomIntro: React.FC = () => {
         );
     } else {
         const inRoom = room && room.getMyMembership() === KnownMembership.Join;
-        const topic = room.currentState.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomTopic, "")?.getContent()?.topic;
         const canAddTopic = inRoom && room.currentState.maySendStateEvent(EventType.RoomTopic, cli.getSafeUserId());
 
         const onTopicClick = (): void => {
@@ -126,18 +128,23 @@ const NewRoomIntro: React.FC = () => {
         let topicText;
         if (canAddTopic && topic) {
             topicText = _t(
-                "room|intro|topic_edit",
-                { topic },
+                "room|intro|edit_topic",
+                {},
                 {
                     a: (sub) => (
                         <AccessibleButton element="a" kind="link_inline" onClick={onTopicClick}>
                             {sub}
                         </AccessibleButton>
                     ),
+                    topic: () => <Linkify>{topicToHtml(topic?.text, topic?.html)}</Linkify>,
                 },
             );
         } else if (topic) {
-            topicText = _t("room|intro|topic", { topic });
+            topicText = _t(
+                "room|intro|display_topic",
+                {},
+                { topic: () => <Linkify>{topicToHtml(topic?.text, topic?.html)}</Linkify> },
+            );
         } else if (canAddTopic) {
             topicText = _t(
                 "room|intro|no_topic",
@@ -245,7 +252,7 @@ const NewRoomIntro: React.FC = () => {
                         },
                     )}
                 </p>
-                <p>{topicText}</p>
+                <p data-testid="topic">{topicText}</p>
                 {buttons}
             </React.Fragment>
         );
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 77335c9e75..90a5ecc683 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1998,7 +1998,9 @@
         "inaccessible_subtitle_1": "Try again later, or ask a room or space admin to check if you have access.",
         "inaccessible_subtitle_2": "%(errcode)s was returned while trying to access the room or space. If you think you're seeing this message in error, please <issueLink>submit a bug report</issueLink>.",
         "intro": {
+            "display_topic": "Topic: <topic/>",
             "dm_caption": "Only the two of you are in this conversation, unless either of you invites anyone to join.",
+            "edit_topic": "Topic: <topic/> (<a>edit</a>)",
             "enable_encryption_prompt": "Enable encryption in settings.",
             "encrypted_3pid_dm_pending_join": "Once everyone has joined, you’ll be able to chat",
             "no_avatar_label": "Add a photo, so people can easily spot your room.",
@@ -2008,8 +2010,6 @@
             "send_message_start_dm": "Send your first message to invite <displayName/> to chat",
             "start_of_dm_history": "This is the beginning of your direct message history with <displayName/>.",
             "start_of_room": "This is the start of <roomName/>.",
-            "topic": "Topic: %(topic)s ",
-            "topic_edit": "Topic: %(topic)s (<a>edit</a>)",
             "unencrypted_warning": "End-to-end encryption isn't enabled",
             "user_created": "%(displayName)s created this room.",
             "you_created": "You created this room."
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx
index 333e0e1020..59d87bc3cd 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx
@@ -9,16 +9,24 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 
 import React from "react";
 import { render, screen } from "jest-matrix-react";
-import { type MatrixClient, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { EventTimeline, type MatrixClient, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { KnownMembership } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/types";
 
 import { LocalRoom } from "../../../../../src/models/LocalRoom";
-import { filterConsole, mkRoomMemberJoinEvent, mkThirdPartyInviteEvent, stubClient } from "../../../../test-utils";
+import {
+    filterConsole,
+    mkEvent,
+    mkRoomMemberJoinEvent,
+    mkThirdPartyInviteEvent,
+    stubClient,
+} from "../../../../test-utils";
 import MatrixClientContext from "../../../../../src/contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import NewRoomIntro from "../../../../../src/components/views/rooms/NewRoomIntro";
 import { type IRoomState } from "../../../../../src/components/structures/RoomView";
 import DMRoomMap from "../../../../../src/utils/DMRoomMap";
 import { DirectoryMember } from "../../../../../src/utils/direct-messages";
 import { ScopedRoomContextProvider } from "../../../../../src/contexts/ScopedRoomContext.tsx";
+import defaultDispatcher from "../../../../../src/dispatcher/dispatcher";
 
 const renderNewRoomIntro = (client: MatrixClient, room: Room | LocalRoom) => {
     render(
@@ -37,11 +45,15 @@ describe("NewRoomIntro", () => {
 
     filterConsole("Room !room:example.com does not have an m.room.create event");
 
-    beforeAll(() => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
         client = stubClient();
         DMRoomMap.makeShared(client);
     });
 
+    afterEach(() => {
+        jest.resetAllMocks();
+    });
+
     describe("for a DM Room", () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
             jest.spyOn(DMRoomMap.shared(), "getUserIdForRoomId").mockReturnValue(userId);
@@ -88,4 +100,62 @@ describe("NewRoomIntro", () => {
             screen.getByText((id, element) => element?.tagName === "SPAN" && element?.textContent === expected);
         });
     });
+
+    describe("topic", () => {
+        let room: Room;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            room = new Room(roomId, client, userId);
+            room.getLiveTimeline()
+                .getState(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)
+                ?.setStateEvents([mkRoomMemberJoinEvent(client.getSafeUserId(), room.roomId)]);
+            jest.spyOn(DMRoomMap.shared(), "getRoomIds").mockReturnValue(new Set([room.roomId]));
+        });
+
+        function addTopicToRoom(topic: string) {
+            const topicEvent = mkEvent({
+                type: "m.room.topic",
+                room: roomId,
+                user: userId,
+                content: {
+                    topic,
+                },
+                ts: 123,
+                event: true,
+            });
+
+            room.addLiveEvents([topicEvent], { addToState: true });
+        }
+
+        it("should render the topic", () => {
+            addTopicToRoom("Test topic");
+            renderNewRoomIntro(client, room);
+            screen.getByText("Test topic");
+        });
+
+        it("should render a link in the topic", () => {
+            addTopicToRoom("This is a link: https://matrix.org/");
+            renderNewRoomIntro(client, room);
+            expect(screen.getByTestId("topic")).toMatchSnapshot();
+        });
+
+        it("should be able to add a topic", () => {
+            addTopicToRoom("Test topic");
+            jest.spyOn(room, "getMyMembership").mockReturnValue(KnownMembership.Join);
+            jest.spyOn(room.getLiveTimeline().getState(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)!, "maySendStateEvent").mockReturnValue(
+                true,
+            );
+            const spyDispatcher = jest.spyOn(defaultDispatcher, "dispatch");
+
+            renderNewRoomIntro(client, room);
+            screen.getByRole("button", { name: "edit" }).click();
+            expect(spyDispatcher).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                {
+                    action: "open_room_settings",
+                    room_id: room.roomId,
+                },
+                true,
+            );
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx.snap b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc642fb598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/NewRoomIntro-test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`NewRoomIntro topic should render a link in the topic 1`] = `
+<p
+  data-testid="topic"
+>
+  <span>
+    Topic: 
+    <span
+      dir="auto"
+    >
+      This is a link: 
+      <a
+        class="linkified"
+        href="https://matrix.org/"
+        rel="noreferrer noopener"
+        target="_blank"
+      >
+        https://matrix.org/
+      </a>
+    </span>
+  </span>
+</p>
+`;