diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/communication/service/notifications/MailService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/communication/service/notifications/MailService.java
index fddce3b9e6cd..fc6f7e9e1256 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/communication/service/notifications/MailService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/cit/aet/artemis/communication/service/notifications/MailService.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.commonmark.parser.Parser;
+import org.commonmark.renderer.html.HtmlRenderer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -261,6 +263,18 @@ public void sendNotification(Notification notification, User user, Object notifi
             // posts use a different mechanism for the url
             context.setVariable(NOTIFICATION_URL, extractNotificationUrl(post, artemisServerUrl.toString()));
             subject = createAnnouncementText(notificationSubject, locale);
+
+            // Render markdown content of post to html
+            try {
+                Parser parser = Parser.builder().build();
+                HtmlRenderer renderer = HtmlRenderer.builder().build();
+                String postContent = post.getContent();
+                String renderedPostContent = renderer.render(parser.parse(postContent));
+                post.setContent(renderedPostContent);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                // In case something goes wrong, leave content of post as-is
+            }
         }
         else {
             context.setVariable(NOTIFICATION_URL, extractNotificationUrl(notification, artemisServerUrl.toString()));