diff --git a/dist/browser-es.js b/dist/browser-es.js
index a0b50af984340ca02b8ab51e96571d4cb02e5d5f..58d143784c2a0be12ab30b5aaa84bf9b8cd49850 100644
--- a/dist/browser-es.js
+++ b/dist/browser-es.js
@@ -40143,6 +40143,10 @@ function parse$6(value, settings) {
 
         namedEntity = type === name$1 ? decodeEntity(characters) : false;
 
+        // QUICKFIX https://github.com/pngwn/MDsveX/issues/296
+        if (namedEntity == '<') namedEntity = '&lt;';
+        if (namedEntity == '>') namedEntity = '&gt;';
+
         if (namedEntity) {
           entityCharacters = characters;
           entity = namedEntity;
diff --git a/dist/browser-umd.js b/dist/browser-umd.js
index 10195fa23730cc1a6b3cdcbfc2bb02abf8974140..f105c1eb55b1ed999c0e451371fbe5ae8aed8d86 100644
--- a/dist/browser-umd.js
+++ b/dist/browser-umd.js
@@ -40149,6 +40149,10 @@
 
           namedEntity = type === name$1 ? decodeEntity(characters) : false;
 
+          // QUICKFIX https://github.com/pngwn/MDsveX/issues/296
+          if (namedEntity == '<') namedEntity = '&lt;';
+          if (namedEntity == '>') namedEntity = '&gt;';
+
           if (namedEntity) {
             entityCharacters = characters;
             entity = namedEntity;
diff --git a/dist/main.cjs.js b/dist/main.cjs.js
index 7c8cdc59fc04d05308d2799d283b01c934d6c46f..d68acf75b3382d38c6286a00ec71d9bd0e98a8af 100644
--- a/dist/main.cjs.js
+++ b/dist/main.cjs.js
@@ -6428,6 +6428,10 @@ function parse$6(value, settings) {
 
         namedEntity = type === name$1 ? decodeEntity(characters) : false;
 
+        // QUICKFIX https://github.com/pngwn/MDsveX/issues/296
+        if (namedEntity == '<') namedEntity = '&lt;';
+        if (namedEntity == '>') namedEntity = '&gt;';
+
         if (namedEntity) {
           entityCharacters = characters;
           entity = namedEntity;
diff --git a/dist/main.es.js b/dist/main.es.js
index f58fffbfddbb48410d4e442b679b5f18bdb89dcd..2f2bdbb9778faf6cfe8dc7da620a9292604550a1 100644
--- a/dist/main.es.js
+++ b/dist/main.es.js
@@ -6401,6 +6401,10 @@ function parse$6(value, settings) {
 
         namedEntity = type === name$1 ? decodeEntity(characters) : false;
 
+        // QUICKFIX https://github.com/pngwn/MDsveX/issues/296
+        if (namedEntity == '<') namedEntity = '&lt;';
+        if (namedEntity == '>') namedEntity = '&gt;';
+
         if (namedEntity) {
           entityCharacters = characters;
           entity = namedEntity;