diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2ebf246ce..5d485a9d2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "@types/md5": "^2.3.2",
         "@walletconnect/client": "^1.8.0",
         "buffer": "^6.0.3",
-        "dompurify": "^2.4.0",
+        "dompurify": "^2.4.1",
         "ethers": "^5.7.2",
         "events": "^3.3.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.3",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "@rsksmart/mock-web3-provider": "^1.0.1",
         "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^1.1.0",
         "@tsconfig/svelte": "^3.0.0",
-        "@types/dompurify": "^2.3.4",
+        "@types/dompurify": "^2.4.0",
         "@types/katex": "^0.14.0",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.14.188",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.42.0",
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/dompurify": {
-      "version": "2.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EXzDatIb5EspL2eb/xPGmaC8pePcTHrkDCONjeisusLFrVfl38Pjea/R0YJGu3k9ZQadSvMqW0WXPI2hEo2Ajg==",
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-IDBwO5IZhrKvHFUl+clZxgf3hn2b/lU6H1KaBShPkQyGJUQ0xwebezIPSuiyGwfz1UzJWQl4M7BDxtHtCCPlTg==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/trusted-types": "*"
@@ -2794,9 +2794,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dompurify": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Be9tbQMZds4a3C6xTmz68NlMfeONA//4dOavl/1rNw50E+/QO0KVpbcU0PcaW0nsQxurXls9ZocqFxk8R2mWEA=="
+      "version": "2.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ewwFzHzrrneRjxzmK6oVz/rZn9VWspGFRDb4/rRtIsM1n36t9AKma/ye8syCpcw+XJ25kOK/hOG7t1j2I2yBqA=="
     },
     "node_modules/ecc-jsbn": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
@@ -7937,9 +7937,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@types/dompurify": {
-      "version": "2.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EXzDatIb5EspL2eb/xPGmaC8pePcTHrkDCONjeisusLFrVfl38Pjea/R0YJGu3k9ZQadSvMqW0WXPI2hEo2Ajg==",
+      "version": "2.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-IDBwO5IZhrKvHFUl+clZxgf3hn2b/lU6H1KaBShPkQyGJUQ0xwebezIPSuiyGwfz1UzJWQl4M7BDxtHtCCPlTg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@types/trusted-types": "*"
@@ -9230,9 +9230,9 @@
       }
     },
     "dompurify": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Be9tbQMZds4a3C6xTmz68NlMfeONA//4dOavl/1rNw50E+/QO0KVpbcU0PcaW0nsQxurXls9ZocqFxk8R2mWEA=="
+      "version": "2.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ewwFzHzrrneRjxzmK6oVz/rZn9VWspGFRDb4/rRtIsM1n36t9AKma/ye8syCpcw+XJ25kOK/hOG7t1j2I2yBqA=="
     },
     "ecc-jsbn": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32d0078d2..34d99f1c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@rsksmart/mock-web3-provider": "^1.0.1",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^1.1.0",
     "@tsconfig/svelte": "^3.0.0",
-    "@types/dompurify": "^2.3.4",
+    "@types/dompurify": "^2.4.0",
     "@types/katex": "^0.14.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.188",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.42.0",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "@types/md5": "^2.3.2",
     "@walletconnect/client": "^1.8.0",
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
-    "dompurify": "^2.4.0",
+    "dompurify": "^2.4.1",
     "ethers": "^5.7.2",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "katex": "^0.16.3",
diff --git a/src/Markdown.svelte b/src/Markdown.svelte
index 895e94cca..e492040d0 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.svelte
+++ b/src/Markdown.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   let container: HTMLElement;
 
   const render = (content: string): string =>
-    dompurify.sanitize(marked.parse(content, { headerIds: false }));
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+    dompurify.sanitize(marked.parse(content), { SANITIZE_DOM: false });
 
   onMount(() => {
     // Don't underline <a> tags that contain images.
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index d556e19cd..362fbd49b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -521,6 +521,27 @@ const katexMarkedExtension = {
     }),
 };
 
+// Converts self closing anchor tags into empty anchor tags, to avoid erratic wrapping behaviour
+// e.g. <a name="test"/> -> <a name="test"></a>
+const anchorMarkedExtension = {
+  name: "sanitizedAnchor",
+  level: "block",
+  start: (src: string) => src.match(/<a name="([\w]+)"\/>/)?.index,
+  tokenizer(src: string) {
+    const match = src.match(/^<a name="([\w]+)"\/>/);
+    if (match) {
+      return {
+        type: "sanitizedAnchor",
+        raw: match[0],
+        text: match[1].trim(),
+      };
+    }
+  },
+  renderer: (token: marked.Tokens.Generic) => {
+    return `<a name="${token.text}"></a>`;
+  },
+};
+
 // Overwrites the rendering of heading tokens.
 // Since there are possible non ASCII characters in headings,
 // we escape them by replacing them with dashes and,
@@ -536,8 +557,6 @@ export const renderer = {
   },
 };
 
-export const markdownExtensions = [emojisMarkedExtension, katexMarkedExtension];
-
 export function twemoji(node: HTMLElement) {
   twemojiModule.parse(node, {
     base: process.env.hashRouting ? "./" : "/",
@@ -546,3 +565,9 @@ export function twemoji(node: HTMLElement) {
     className: `txt-emoji`,
   });
 }
+
+export const markdownExtensions = [
+  emojisMarkedExtension,
+  katexMarkedExtension,
+  anchorMarkedExtension,
+];