diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/library/library-list-widget.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/library/library-list-widget.ts
index 25480de95..690799923 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/library/library-list-widget.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/library/library-list-widget.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { Installable } from '../../common/protocol';
 import { ListItemRenderer } from '../widgets/component-list/list-item-renderer';
 import { nls } from '@theia/core/lib/common';
 import { LibraryFilterRenderer } from '../widgets/component-list/filter-renderer';
-import { findChildTheiaButton } from '../utils/dom';
+import { findChildTheiaButton, splitByBoldTag } from '../utils/dom';
 
 @injectable()
 export class LibraryListWidget extends ListWidget<
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class LibraryListWidget extends ListWidget<
     let installDependencies: boolean | undefined = undefined;
     if (dependencies.length) {
       const message = document.createElement('div');
-      message.innerHTML =
+      const textContent =
         dependencies.length === 1
           ? nls.localize(
               'arduino/library/needsOneDependency',
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ export class LibraryListWidget extends ListWidget<
               item.name,
               version
             );
+      const segments = splitByBoldTag(textContent);
+      if (!segments) {
+        message.textContent = textContent;
+      } else {
+        segments.map((segment) => {
+          const span = document.createElement('span');
+          if (typeof segment === 'string') {
+            span.textContent = segment;
+          } else {
+            const bold = document.createElement('b');
+            bold.textContent = segment.textContent;
+            span.appendChild(bold);
+          }
+          message.appendChild(span);
+        });
+      }
       const listContainer = document.createElement('div');
       listContainer.style.maxHeight = '300px';
       listContainer.style.overflowY = 'auto';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/utils/dom.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/utils/dom.ts
index 938b496ab..47cc830e6 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/utils/dom.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/utils/dom.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,35 @@ export function findChildTheiaButton(
 function isHTMLElement(element: Element): element is HTMLElement {
   return element instanceof HTMLElement;
 }
+
+type Segment = string | { textContent: string; bold: true };
+/**
+ * Returns with an array of `Segments` by splitting raw HTML text on the `<b></b>` groups. If splitting is not possible, returns `undefined`.
+ * Example: `one<b>two</b>three<b>four</b>five` will provide an five element length array. Where the 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> elements are objects and the rest are string.
+ */
+export function splitByBoldTag(text: string): Segment[] | undefined {
+  const matches = text.matchAll(new RegExp(/<\s*b[^>]*>(.*?)<\s*\/\s*b>/gm));
+  if (!matches) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const segments: Segment[] = [];
+  const textLength = text.length;
+  let processedLength = 0;
+  for (const match of matches) {
+    const { index } = match;
+    if (typeof index === 'number') {
+      if (!segments.length && index) {
+        segments.push(text.substring(0, index));
+      }
+      if (processedLength > 0) {
+        segments.push(text.substring(processedLength, index));
+      }
+      segments.push({ textContent: match[1], bold: true });
+      processedLength = index + match[0].length;
+    }
+  }
+  if (segments.length && textLength > processedLength) {
+    segments.push(text.substring(processedLength));
+  }
+  return segments.length ? segments : undefined;
+}
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/test/browser/dom.test.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/test/browser/dom.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5106024cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/test/browser/dom.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { splitByBoldTag } from '../../browser/utils/dom';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+describe('dom', () => {
+  describe('splitByBoldTag', () => {
+    it('should split by bold tags', () => {
+      const actual = splitByBoldTag('one<b>matchOne</b>two');
+      const expected = ['one', { textContent: 'matchOne', bold: true }, 'two'];
+      expect(actual).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle starting bold tags', () => {
+      const actual = splitByBoldTag(
+        '<b>matchOne</b>one<b>matchTwo</b> two <b>matchThree</b> three'
+      );
+      const expected = [
+        { textContent: 'matchOne', bold: true },
+        'one',
+        { textContent: 'matchTwo', bold: true },
+        ' two ',
+        { textContent: 'matchThree', bold: true },
+        ' three',
+      ];
+      expect(actual).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle unclosed bold tags', () => {
+      const actual = splitByBoldTag(
+        '<b>matchOne</b>one<b>matchTwo</b> two <b>matchThree</b> three <b> '
+      );
+      const expected = [
+        { textContent: 'matchOne', bold: true },
+        'one',
+        { textContent: 'matchTwo', bold: true },
+        ' two ',
+        { textContent: 'matchThree', bold: true },
+        ' three <b> ',
+      ];
+      expect(actual).to.be.deep.equal(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle no matches', () => {
+      const actual = splitByBoldTag('<b>alma');
+      expect(actual).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+
+    it('should handle empty strings', () => {
+      const actual = splitByBoldTag('');
+      expect(actual).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+  });
+});