diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c25740da4..17064befab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 ### Fixed
+- Fix broken markdown rendering ([#1303](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1303))
 - JWT token timeout is now handled properly ([#1297](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1297))
 - Fix text-overflow in danger zone ([#1298](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1298))
 - Fix plugin installation error if previously a plugin was installed with the same dependency which is still pending. ([#1300](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1300))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/MarkdownView.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/MarkdownView.tsx
index 164d49abaf..048905edd4 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/MarkdownView.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/MarkdownView.tsx
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ class MarkdownView extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     };
   }
 
-  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: Readonly<Props>, nextState: Readonly<State>, nextContext: any): boolean {
+  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: Readonly<Props>, nextState: Readonly<State>): boolean {
     // We have check if the contentRef changed and update afterwards so the page can scroll to the anchor links.
     // Otherwise it can happen that componentDidUpdate is never executed depending on how fast the markdown got rendered
-    return this.state.contentRef !== nextState.contentRef;
+    // We also have to check if props have changed, because we also want to rerender if one of our props has changed
+    return this.state.contentRef !== nextState.contentRef || this.props !== nextProps;
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate() {