diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4a5d48ae..0b0685e51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
     "@hedgedoc/markdown-it-task-lists": "1.0.5",
     "@hedgedoc/realtime": "0.3.0",
     "@hpcc-js/wasm": "1.16.1",
-    "@matejmazur/react-katex": "3.1.3",
     "@mrdrogdrog/optional": "0.2.0",
     "@react-hook/resize-observer": "1.2.6",
     "@redux-devtools/core": "3.13.1",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "1.8.5",
     "@svgr/webpack": "6.3.1",
+    "@types/katex": "0.14.0",
     "@uiw/react-codemirror": "4.12.3",
     "abcjs": "6.1.3",
     "bootstrap": "4.6.2",
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-frame.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-frame.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e762c8cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-frame.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`katex frame renders a valid latex expression as explicit block 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    data-testid="katex-block"
+  >
+    <span>
+      This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+    </span>
+    
+
+    <ul>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        tex: \\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx
+      </li>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        block: true
+      </li>
+      
+
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`katex frame renders a valid latex expression as explicit inline 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <span
+    data-testid="katex-inline"
+  >
+    <span>
+      This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+    </span>
+    
+
+    <ul>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        tex: \\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx
+      </li>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        block: false
+      </li>
+      
+
+    </ul>
+  </span>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`katex frame renders a valid latex expression as implicit inline 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <span
+    data-testid="katex-inline"
+  >
+    <span>
+      This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+    </span>
+    
+
+    <ul>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        tex: \\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx
+      </li>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        block: false
+      </li>
+      
+
+    </ul>
+  </span>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`katex frame renders an error for an invalid latex expression as explicit block 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    data-testid="katex-block"
+  >
+    <div
+      class="fade alert alert-danger show"
+      role="alert"
+    >
+      mocked parseerror
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`katex frame renders an error for an invalid latex expression as explicit inline 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <span
+    data-testid="katex-inline"
+  >
+    <div
+      class="fade d-inline-block alert alert-danger show"
+      role="alert"
+    >
+      mocked parseerror
+    </div>
+  </span>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`katex frame renders an error for an invalid latex expression as implicit inline 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <span
+    data-testid="katex-inline"
+  >
+    <div
+      class="fade d-inline-block alert alert-danger show"
+      role="alert"
+    >
+      mocked parseerror
+    </div>
+  </span>
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..074f782bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/__snapshots__/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`KaTeX markdown extensions renders a valid block LaTeX expression in a single line 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    data-testid="katex-block"
+  >
+    <span>
+      This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+    </span>
+    
+
+    <ul>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        tex: \\alpha
+      </li>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        block: true
+      </li>
+      
+
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+  
+
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`KaTeX markdown extensions renders a valid block LaTeX expression in multi line 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    data-testid="katex-block"
+  >
+    <span>
+      This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+    </span>
+    
+
+    <ul>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        tex: 
+\\alpha
+
+      </li>
+      
+  
+      <li>
+        block: true
+      </li>
+      
+
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+  
+
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`KaTeX markdown extensions renders a valid inline LaTeX expression 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <p>
+    <span
+      data-testid="katex-inline"
+    >
+      <span>
+        This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:
+      </span>
+      
+
+      <ul>
+        
+  
+        <li>
+          tex: \\alpha
+        </li>
+        
+  
+        <li>
+          block: false
+        </li>
+        
+
+      </ul>
+    </span>
+  </p>
+  
+
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`KaTeX markdown extensions renders an error message for an invalid LaTeX expression 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <p>
+    <span
+      data-testid="katex-inline"
+    >
+      <div
+        class="fade d-inline-block alert alert-danger show"
+        role="alert"
+      >
+        mocked parseerror
+      </div>
+    </span>
+  </p>
+  
+
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.test.tsx b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d22acb63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import KatexFrame from './katex-frame'
+import type { KatexOptions } from 'katex'
+import { default as KatexDefault } from 'katex'
+
+jest.mock('katex')
+
+describe('katex frame', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks()
+    jest.resetModules()
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.spyOn(KatexDefault, 'renderToString').mockImplementation(
+      (tex: string, options?: KatexOptions) => `<span>This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:</span>
+<ul>
+  <li>tex: ${tex}</li>
+  <li>block: ${String(options?.displayMode)}</li>
+</ul>`
+    )
+  })
+
+  describe('renders a valid latex expression', () => {
+    it('as implicit inline', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx'}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+    it('as explicit inline', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx'} block={false}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+    it('as explicit block', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx'} block={true}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('renders an error for an invalid latex expression', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      jest.spyOn(KatexDefault, 'renderToString').mockImplementation(() => {
+        throw new Error('mocked parseerror')
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('as implicit inline', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\alf'}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+    it('as explicit inline', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\alf'} block={false}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+    it('as explicit block', () => {
+      const view = render(<KatexFrame expression={'\\alf'} block={true}></KatexFrame>)
+      expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.tsx b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7ae3c0cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-frame.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
+import KaTeX from 'katex'
+import convertHtmlToReact from '@hedgedoc/html-to-react'
+import 'katex/dist/katex.min.css'
+import { Alert } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { testId } from '../../../../utils/test-id'
+import { sanitize } from 'dompurify'
+
+interface KatexFrameProps {
+  expression: string
+  block?: boolean
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a LaTeX expression.
+ *
+ * @param expression The mathematical expression to render
+ * @param block Defines if the output should be a block or inline.
+ */
+export const KatexFrame: React.FC<KatexFrameProps> = ({ expression, block = false }) => {
+  const dom = useMemo(() => {
+    try {
+      const katexHtml = KaTeX.renderToString(expression, {
+        displayMode: block === true,
+        throwOnError: true
+      })
+      return convertHtmlToReact(sanitize(katexHtml, { ADD_TAGS: ['semantics', 'annotation'] }))
+    } catch (error) {
+      return (
+        <Alert className={block ? '' : 'd-inline-block'} variant={'danger'}>
+          {(error as Error).message}
+        </Alert>
+      )
+    }
+  }, [block, expression])
+
+  return block ? <div {...testId('katex-block')}>{dom}</div> : <span {...testId('katex-inline')}>{dom}</span>
+}
+
+export default KatexFrame
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1294d3fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-markdown-extension.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { KatexMarkdownExtension } from './katex-markdown-extension'
+import { TestMarkdownRenderer } from '../../test-utils/test-markdown-renderer'
+import { Suspense } from 'react'
+import type { KatexOptions } from 'katex'
+import { default as KatexDefault } from 'katex'
+
+jest.mock('katex')
+
+describe('KaTeX markdown extensions', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks()
+    jest.resetModules()
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.spyOn(KatexDefault, 'renderToString').mockImplementation(
+      (tex: string, options?: KatexOptions) => `<span>This is a mock for lib katex with this parameters:</span>
+<ul>
+  <li>tex: ${tex}</li>
+  <li>block: ${String(options?.displayMode)}</li>
+</ul>`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('renders a valid inline LaTeX expression', async () => {
+    const view = render(
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <TestMarkdownRenderer extensions={[new KatexMarkdownExtension()]} content={'$\\alpha$'} />
+      </Suspense>
+    )
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('katex-inline')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  it('renders a valid block LaTeX expression in a single line', async () => {
+    const view = render(
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <TestMarkdownRenderer extensions={[new KatexMarkdownExtension()]} content={'$$$\\alpha$$$'} />
+      </Suspense>
+    )
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('katex-block')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  it('renders a valid block LaTeX expression in multi line', async () => {
+    const view = render(
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <TestMarkdownRenderer extensions={[new KatexMarkdownExtension()]} content={'$$$\n\\alpha\n$$$'} />
+      </Suspense>
+    )
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('katex-block')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  it('renders an error message for an invalid LaTeX expression', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(KatexDefault, 'renderToString').mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('mocked parseerror')
+    })
+
+    const view = render(
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <TestMarkdownRenderer extensions={[new KatexMarkdownExtension()]} content={'$\\a$'} />
+      </Suspense>
+    )
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('katex-inline')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(view.container).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-replacer.tsx b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-replacer.tsx
index 67e6056b3..933065021 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-replacer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-extension/katex/katex-replacer.tsx
@@ -8,49 +8,60 @@ import type { Element } from 'domhandler'
 import { isTag } from 'domhandler'
 import React from 'react'
 import { ComponentReplacer, DO_NOT_REPLACE } from '../../replace-components/component-replacer'
-import 'katex/dist/katex.min.css'
 import { KatexMarkdownExtension } from './katex-markdown-extension'
+import { Optional } from '@mrdrogdrog/optional'
 
-/**
- * Checks if the given node is a KaTeX block.
- *
- * @param node the node to check
- * @return The given node if it is a KaTeX block element, {@link undefined} otherwise.
- */
-const containsKatexBlock = (node: Element): Element | undefined => {
-  if (node.name !== 'p' || !node.children || node.children.length === 0) {
-    return
-  }
-  return node.children.filter(isTag).find((subnode) => {
-    return isKatexTag(subnode, false) ? subnode : undefined
-  })
-}
-
-/**
- * Checks if the given node is a KaTeX element.
- *
- * @param node the node to check
- * @param expectedInline defines if the found katex element is expected to be an inline or block element.
- * @return {@link true} if the given node is a katex element.
- */
-const isKatexTag = (node: Element, expectedInline: boolean) => {
-  return (
-    node.name === KatexMarkdownExtension.tagName && (node.attribs?.['data-inline'] !== undefined) === expectedInline
-  )
-}
-
-const KaTeX = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "katex" */ '@matejmazur/react-katex'))
+const KaTeX = React.lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "katex" */ './katex-frame'))
 
 /**
  * Detects LaTeX syntax and renders it with KaTeX.
  */
 export class KatexReplacer extends ComponentReplacer {
   public replace(node: Element): React.ReactElement | undefined {
-    if (!(isKatexTag(node, true) || containsKatexBlock(node)) || node.children?.[0] === undefined) {
-      return DO_NOT_REPLACE
-    }
-    const latexContent = ComponentReplacer.extractTextChildContent(node)
-    const isInline = !!node.attribs?.['data-inline']
-    return <KaTeX block={!isInline} math={latexContent} errorColor={'#cc0000'} />
+    return this.extractKatexContent(node)
+      .map((latexContent) => {
+        const isInline = !!node.attribs?.['data-inline']
+        return <KaTeX key={'katex'} block={!isInline} expression={latexContent} />
+      })
+      .orElse(DO_NOT_REPLACE)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks the given node for katex expression tags and extracts the LaTeX code.
+   *
+   * @param node The node to scan for inline or block tags
+   * @return An optional that contains the extracted latex code
+   */
+  private extractKatexContent(node: Element): Optional<string> {
+    return this.isKatexTag(node, true)
+      ? Optional.of(ComponentReplacer.extractTextChildContent(node))
+      : this.extractKatexBlock(node).map((childNode) => ComponentReplacer.extractTextChildContent(childNode))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if the given node is a KaTeX element.
+   *
+   * @param node the node to check
+   * @param expectedInline defines if the found katex element is expected to be an inline or block element.
+   * @return {@link true} if the given node is a katex element.
+   */
+  private isKatexTag(node: Element, expectedInline: boolean) {
+    return (
+      node.name === KatexMarkdownExtension.tagName && (node.attribs?.['data-inline'] !== undefined) === expectedInline
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if the given node is a KaTeX block.
+   *
+   * @param node the node to check
+   * @return The given node if it is a KaTeX block element, {@link undefined} otherwise.
+   */
+  private extractKatexBlock(node: Element): Optional<Element> {
+    return Optional.of(node)
+      .filter((node) => node.name === 'p' && node.children?.length > 0)
+      .map((node) =>
+        node.children.filter(isTag).find((subNode) => (this.isKatexTag(subNode, false) ? subNode : undefined))
+      )
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e68020c76..db60d5d9d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1946,7 +1946,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@hedgedoc/markdown-it-task-lists": 1.0.5
     "@hedgedoc/realtime": 0.3.0
     "@hpcc-js/wasm": 1.16.1
-    "@matejmazur/react-katex": 3.1.3
     "@mrdrogdrog/optional": 0.2.0
     "@next/bundle-analyzer": 12.3.1
     "@react-hook/resize-observer": 1.2.6
@@ -1963,6 +1962,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/dompurify": 2.3.4
     "@types/jest": 29.0.3
     "@types/js-yaml": 4.0.5
+    "@types/katex": 0.14.0
     "@types/luxon": 3.0.1
     "@types/markdown-it": 12.2.3
     "@types/markdown-it-container": 2.0.5
@@ -2582,16 +2582,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@matejmazur/react-katex@npm:3.1.3":
-  version: 3.1.3
-  resolution: "@matejmazur/react-katex@npm:3.1.3"
-  peerDependencies:
-    katex: ">=0.9"
-    react: ">=16"
-  checksum: db9e9aa03d3b094fcb9854abeab3676732b04dbe4fbfe2dbf26782a6d50c197351d06ad833c78b90f7e418d769b77c30460a60906e80e800d84e16c938f3d6d1
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@mrdrogdrog/optional@npm:0.2.0":
   version: 0.2.0
   resolution: "@mrdrogdrog/optional@npm:0.2.0"
@@ -3428,6 +3418,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/katex@npm:0.14.0":
+  version: 0.14.0
+  resolution: "@types/katex@npm:0.14.0"
+  checksum: 330e0d0337ba48c87f5b793965fbad673653789bf6e50dfe8d726a7b0cbefd37195055e31503aae629814aa79447e4f23a4b87ad1ac565c0d9a9d9978836f39b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/linkify-it@npm:*":
   version: 3.0.2
   resolution: "@types/linkify-it@npm:3.0.2"