diff --git a/format/htmlparser.go b/format/htmlparser.go
index b4b1b9a4..e5f92896 100644
--- a/format/htmlparser.go
+++ b/format/htmlparser.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"go.mau.fi/util/exstrings"
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 
 	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/event"
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ func (parser *HTMLParser) singleNodeToString(node *html.Node, ctx Context) Tagge
 	switch node.Type {
 	case html.TextNode:
 		if !ctx.PreserveWhitespace {
-			node.Data = strings.Replace(node.Data, "\n", "", -1)
+			node.Data = exstrings.CollapseSpaces(strings.ReplaceAll(node.Data, "\n", ""))
 		}
 		if parser.TextConverter != nil {
 			node.Data = parser.TextConverter(node.Data, ctx)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a8c1f26d..c109af31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
 	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12
-	go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250808135321-09699c48d2fa
+	go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250810202017-1d053aac320a
 	go.mau.fi/zeroconfig v0.1.3
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250718183923-645b1fa84792
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f9bfaeb..dae44df7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 h1:kLy8mja+1c9jlljvWTlSazM7cKDRfJuR/bOJhcY5NcY=
 github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Fvgq9kS/6ociJEDnK0Fk1cpYF4FIW6ZF7LAe+6jwd28=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12 h1:YwGP/rrea2/CnCtUHgjuolG/PnMxdQtPMO5PvaE2/nY=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.12/go.mod h1:ip/1k0VRfGynBgxOz0yCqHrbZXhcjxyuS66Brc7iBKg=
-go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250808135321-09699c48d2fa h1:xVnyD0gaIvK+7xA5lWSqWJf5EB2URW2Y0R4ABisAHD0=
-go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250808135321-09699c48d2fa/go.mod h1:GZZp5f9r2MgEu4GDvtB0XxCF7i6Z7Z8fM0w9a5oZH3Y=
+go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250810202017-1d053aac320a h1:AviXwC+XRYNvlmLieSQxBjj5/K5JUIjBgduYNVSrPTo=
+go.mau.fi/util v0.8.9-0.20250810202017-1d053aac320a/go.mod h1:GZZp5f9r2MgEu4GDvtB0XxCF7i6Z7Z8fM0w9a5oZH3Y=
 go.mau.fi/zeroconfig v0.1.3 h1:As9wYDKmktjmNZW5i1vn8zvJlmGKHeVxHVIBMXsm4kM=
 go.mau.fi/zeroconfig v0.1.3/go.mod h1:NcSJkf180JT+1IId76PcMuLTNa1CzsFFZ0nBygIQM70=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 h1:r4x+VvoG5Fm+eJcxMaY8CQM7Lb0l1lsmjGBQ6s8BfKM=