diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7bb70f6287..c7db652236 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -20418,9 +20418,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/katex/-/katex-0.15.6.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/katex/-/katex-0.16.4.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad1d799f77..b9cf953db5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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     "formik": "^2.2.9",
     "html-react-parser": "^2.0.0",
-    "katex": "^0.15.6",
+    "katex": "^0.16.4",
     "linkify-html": "^4.0.0-beta.5",
     "linkifyjs": "^4.0.0-beta.5",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "^18.1.0",