diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3f184fb65..a65b6e2640 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     "slate": "^0.33.4",
     "slate-react": "^0.12.4",
     "slate-html-serializer": "^0.6.1",
-    "slate-md-serializer": "matrix-org/slate-md-serializer#1580ed67",
+    "slate-md-serializer": "matrix-org/slate-md-serializer#f7c4ad3",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.14.1",
     "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.1",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
index 50b3422fee..f1a4fd5140 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             case 'numbered-list':
                 return <ol {...attributes}>{children}</ol>;
             case 'code':
-                return <pre {...attributes}><code {...attributes}>{children}</code></pre>;
+                return <pre {...attributes}>{children}</pre>;
             case 'link':
                 return <a {...attributes} href={ node.data.get('href') }>{children}</a>;
             case 'pill': {