diff --git a/federation/entities/mixins.py b/federation/entities/mixins.py
index 70a68bd..32c6cdd 100644
--- a/federation/entities/mixins.py
+++ b/federation/entities/mixins.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import List, Set, Union, Dict, Tuple
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from commonmark import commonmark
-from markdownify import markdownify as md
+from markdownify import markdownify
 from marshmallow import missing
 
 from federation.entities.activitypub.enums import ActivityType
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class RawContentMixin(BaseEntity):
                 self.raw_content = self.raw_content.replace(mention, '@' + handle)
                 # mardownify the extracted mention in case some characters are escaped in
                 # raw_content
-                self.raw_content = self.raw_content.replace(md(mention), '@' + handle)
+                self.raw_content = self.raw_content.replace(markdownify(mention), '@' + handle)
 
 
 class OptionalRawContentMixin(RawContentMixin):