diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1aa73edcf..89855cf70e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 * ![Enhancement][badge-enhancement] The version of Documenter used for generating a document is now displayed in the build information. ([#1609][github-1609], [#1611][github-1611])
 
+* ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] The HTML front end no longer uses ligatures when displaying code (with JuliaMono). ([#1610][github-1610], [#1617][github-1617])
+
 ## Version `v0.27.2`
 
 * ![Enhancement][badge-enhancement] The default font has been changed to `Lato Medium` so that the look of the text would be closer to the old Google Fonts version of Lato. ([#1602][github-1602], [#1604][github-1604])
@@ -834,7 +836,9 @@
 [github-1602]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1602
 [github-1604]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1604
 [github-1609]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1609
+[github-1610]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1610
 [github-1611]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1611
+[github-1617]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1617
 
 [julia-38079]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/38079
 [julia-39841]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/39841
diff --git a/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss b/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
index 3bfd6a29af..ba843146f3 100644
--- a/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
+++ b/assets/html/scss/documenter/_patches.scss
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+pre, code {
+  font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;
+}
+
 // We want to be able to disable certain breadcrumb components
 .breadcrumb a.is-disabled {
   cursor: default;
diff --git a/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css b/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
index cbeca20a2f..c6db4fae57 100644
--- a/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
+++ b/assets/html/themes/documenter-dark.css
@@ -7320,6 +7320,8 @@ html.theme--documenter-dark {
     overflow-x: auto; }
   html.theme--documenter-dark .content blockquote > ul:first-child, html.theme--documenter-dark .content blockquote > ol:first-child, html.theme--documenter-dark .content .admonition-body > ul:first-child, html.theme--documenter-dark .content .admonition-body > ol:first-child {
     margin-top: 0; }
+  html.theme--documenter-dark pre, html.theme--documenter-dark code {
+    font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; }
   html.theme--documenter-dark .breadcrumb a.is-disabled {
     cursor: default;
     pointer-events: none; }
diff --git a/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css b/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
index 4a928f663b..b3291bc3e1 100644
--- a/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
+++ b/assets/html/themes/documenter-light.css
@@ -7287,6 +7287,9 @@ h1:hover .docs-heading-anchor-permalink, h2:hover .docs-heading-anchor-permalink
 .content blockquote > ul:first-child, .content blockquote > ol:first-child, .content .admonition-body > ul:first-child, .content .admonition-body > ol:first-child {
   margin-top: 0; }
 
+pre, code {
+  font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; }
+
 .breadcrumb a.is-disabled {
   cursor: default;
   pointer-events: none; }