diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index fd2f86a3a..14d39f857 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class Room {
           getEmotePacks: () => getImagePacksFlat(ImagePackUsage.emoticon),
           getMention: getMention);
       // if the decoded html is the same as the body, there is no need in sending a formatted message
-      if (HtmlUnescape().convert(html.replaceAll(RegExp(r'<br/>\n?'), '\n')) !=
+      if (HtmlUnescape().convert(html.replaceAll(RegExp(r'<br />\n?'), '\n')) !=
           event['body']) {
         event['format'] = 'org.matrix.custom.html';
         event['formatted_body'] = html;
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart b/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
index fd8129422..93a37eaca 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/markdown.dart
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ String markdown(
   ret = ret
       .trim()
       // Remove trailing linebreaks
-      .replaceAll(RegExp(r'(<br/>)+$'), '');
+      .replaceAll(RegExp(r'(<br />)+$'), '');
   if (convertLinebreaks) {
     // Only convert linebreaks which are not in <pre> blocks
     ret = ret.convertLinebreaksToBr();