diff --git a/lib/src/event.dart b/lib/src/event.dart
index 87148a7a..b000e3f9 100644
--- a/lib/src/event.dart
+++ b/lib/src/event.dart
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ class Event extends MatrixEvent {
 
     // return the html tags free body
     if (removeMarkdown == true) {
-      final html = markdown(body);
+      final html = markdown(body, convertLinebreaks: false);
       final document = parse(
         html,
       );
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart b/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
index 56507908..18aae2b9 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ import 'package:markdown/markdown.dart';
 
 const htmlAttrEscape = HtmlEscape(HtmlEscapeMode.attribute);
 
-class LinebreakSyntax extends InlineSyntax {
-  LinebreakSyntax() : super(r'\n');
+class SpoilerSyntax extends DelimiterSyntax {
+  SpoilerSyntax()
+      : super(
+          r'\|\|',
+          requiresDelimiterRun: true,
+          tags: [DelimiterTag('span', 2)],
+        );
 
   @override
-  bool onMatch(InlineParser parser, Match match) {
-    parser.addNode(Element.empty('br'));
-    return true;
-  }
-}
-
-class SpoilerSyntax extends TagSyntax {
-  SpoilerSyntax() : super(r'\|\|', requiresDelimiterRun: true);
-
-  @override
-  Node close(InlineParser parser, Delimiter opener, Delimiter closer,
-      {required List<Node> Function() getChildren}) {
+  Iterable<Node>? close(
+    InlineParser parser,
+    Delimiter opener,
+    Delimiter closer, {
+    required String tag,
+    required List<Node> Function() getChildren,
+  }) {
     final children = getChildren();
     final newChildren = <Node>[];
     var searchingForReason = true;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SpoilerSyntax extends TagSyntax {
         Element('span', searchingForReason ? children : newChildren);
     element.attributes['data-mx-spoiler'] =
         searchingForReason ? '' : htmlAttrEscape.convert(reason);
-    return element;
+    return <Node>[element];
   }
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EmoteSyntax extends InlineSyntax {
   }
 }
 
-class InlineLatexSyntax extends TagSyntax {
+class InlineLatexSyntax extends DelimiterSyntax {
   InlineLatexSyntax() : super(r'\$([^\s$]([^\$]*[^\s$])?)\$');
 
   @override
@@ -131,16 +131,16 @@ class BlockLatexSyntax extends BlockSyntax {
   final endPattern = RegExp(r'^(.*)\$\$\s*$');
 
   @override
-  List<String> parseChildLines(BlockParser parser) {
-    final childLines = <String>[];
+  List<Line?> parseChildLines(BlockParser parser) {
+    final childLines = <Line>[];
     var first = true;
     while (!parser.isDone) {
-      final match = endPattern.firstMatch(parser.current);
+      final match = endPattern.firstMatch(parser.current.content);
       if (match == null || (first && match[1]!.trim().isEmpty)) {
         childLines.add(parser.current);
         parser.advance();
       } else {
-        childLines.add(match[1]!);
+        childLines.add(Line(match[1]!));
         parser.advance();
         break;
       }
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ String markdown(
   String text, {
   Map<String, Map<String, String>> Function()? getEmotePacks,
   String? Function(String)? getMention,
+  bool convertLinebreaks = true,
 }) {
   var ret = markdownToHtml(
     text,
@@ -217,7 +218,6 @@ String markdown(
     ],
     inlineSyntaxes: [
       StrikethroughSyntax(),
-      LinebreakSyntax(),
       SpoilerSyntax(),
       EmoteSyntax(getEmotePacks),
       PillSyntax(),
@@ -253,5 +253,13 @@ String markdown(
   if (stripPTags) {
     ret = ret.replaceAll('<p>', '').replaceAll('</p>', '');
   }
-  return ret.trim().replaceAll(RegExp(r'(<br />)+$'), '');
+  ret = ret
+      .trim()
+      // Remove trailing linebreaks
+      .replaceAll(RegExp(r'(<br />)+$'), '');
+  if (convertLinebreaks) {
+    ret = ret.replaceAll('\n', '<br/>');
+  }
+
+  return ret;
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 495a867f..8b0e9f63 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
   http: ^0.13.0
   image: ^4.0.15
   js: ^0.6.3
-  markdown: ^4.0.0
+  markdown: ^7.1.1
   matrix_api_lite: ^1.7.0
   mime: ^1.0.0
   olm: ^2.0.2
diff --git a/test/markdown_test.dart b/test/markdown_test.dart
index 1d634401..4445670a 100644
--- a/test/markdown_test.dart
+++ b/test/markdown_test.dart
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ void main() {
           'Snape killed <span data-mx-spoiler="">Dumbledoor <strong>bold</strong></span>');
     });
     test('multiple paragraphs', () {
-      expect(markdown('Heya!\n\nBeep'), '<p>Heya!</p>\n<p>Beep</p>');
+      expect(markdown('Heya!\n\nBeep'), '<p>Heya!</p><br/><p>Beep</p>');
     });
     test('Other block elements', () {
-      expect(markdown('# blah\n\nblubb'), '<h1>blah</h1>\n<p>blubb</p>');
+      expect(markdown('# blah\n\nblubb'), '<h1>blah</h1><br/><p>blubb</p>');
     });
     test('linebreaks', () {
-      expect(markdown('foxies\ncute'), 'foxies<br />\ncute');
+      expect(markdown('foxies\ncute'), 'foxies<br/>cute');
     });
     test('emotes', () {
       expect(markdown(':fox:', getEmotePacks: () => emotePacks),
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ void main() {
           'meep <span data-mx-spoiler=""><span data-mx-maths="\\frac{2}{3}"><code>\\frac{2}{3}</code></span></span>');
       expect(markdown('meep `\$\\frac{2}{3}\$`'),
           'meep <code>\$\\frac{2}{3}\$</code>');
-      expect(markdown('hey\n\$\$beep\$\$\nmeow'),
-          '<p>hey</p>\n<div data-mx-maths="beep">\n<pre><code>beep</code></pre>\n</div>\n<p>meow</p>');
-      expect(markdown('hey\n\$\$\nbeep\nboop\n\$\$\nmeow'),
-          '<p>hey</p>\n<div data-mx-maths="beep\nboop">\n<pre><code>beep\nboop</code></pre>\n</div>\n<p>meow</p>');
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/room_test.dart b/test/room_test.dart
index 1496d0d4..00df688f 100644
--- a/test/room_test.dart
+++ b/test/room_test.dart
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ void main() {
         'msgtype': 'm.text',
         'format': 'org.matrix.custom.html',
         'formatted_body':
-            '<mx-reply><blockquote><a href="https://matrix.to/#/!localpart:server.abc/\$replyEvent">In reply to</a> <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@alice:example.org">@alice:example.org</a><br>&lt;b&gt;Blah&lt;&#47;b&gt;<br>beep</blockquote></mx-reply>Hello world<br>fox',
+            '<mx-reply><blockquote><a href="https://matrix.to/#/!localpart:server.abc/\$replyEvent">In reply to</a> <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@alice:example.org">@alice:example.org</a><br>&lt;b&gt;Blah&lt;&#47;b&gt;<br>beep</blockquote></mx-reply>Hello world<br/>fox',
         'm.relates_to': {
           'm.in_reply_to': {
             'event_id': '\$replyEvent',
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ void main() {
 
     test('sendFileEvent', () async {
       final testFile = MatrixFile(bytes: Uint8List(0), name: 'file.jpeg');
-      final dynamic resp = await room.sendFileEvent(testFile, txid: 'testtxid');
+      final resp = await room.sendFileEvent(testFile, txid: 'testtxid');
       expect(resp.toString(), '\$event10');
     });