diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/markdown/MarkdownMediaRenderer.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/markdown/MarkdownMediaRenderer.kt
index 938808bf2..0ef07dbfc 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/markdown/MarkdownMediaRenderer.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/markdown/MarkdownMediaRenderer.kt
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class MarkdownMediaRenderer(
             false
         }
 
+    override fun shouldSanitizeUriLabel(): Boolean = true
+
+    override fun sanitizeUriLabel(label: String): String = label.filterNot { it == '#' || it == '@' }
+
     override fun renderImage(
         title: String?,
         uri: String,
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e2c48cd04..35ffcd827 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ languageId = "17.0.6"
 lazysodiumAndroid = "5.1.0"
 lifecycleRuntimeKtx = "2.8.7"
 lightcompressor = "1.3.2"
-markdown = "077a2cde64"
+markdown = "e1151c8"
 media3 = "1.6.1"
 mockk = "1.14.2"
 kotlinx-coroutines-test = "1.10.2"