diff --git a/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.cy.ts b/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ccdf43c26df87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import Markdown from './Markdown.vue'
+
+describe('Markdown component', () => {
+	it('renders links', () => {
+		cy.mount(Markdown, {
+			propsData: {
+				text: 'This is [a link](http://example.com)!',
+			},
+		})
+
+		cy.contains('This is')
+			.find('a')
+			.should('exist')
+			.and('have.attr', 'href', 'http://example.com')
+			.and('contain.text', 'a link')
+	})
+
+	it('renders headings', () => {
+		cy.mount(Markdown, {
+			propsData: {
+				text: '# level 1\nText\n## level 2\nText\n### level 3\nText\n#### level 4\nText\n##### level 5\nText\n###### level 6\nText\n',
+			},
+		})
+
+		for (let level = 1; level <= 6; level++) {
+			cy.contains(`h${level}`, `level ${level}`)
+				.should('be.visible')
+		}
+	})
+
+	it('can limit headings', () => {
+		cy.mount(Markdown, {
+			propsData: {
+				text: '# level 1\nText\n## level 2\nText\n### level 3\nText\n#### level 4\nText\n##### level 5\nText\n###### level 6\nText\n',
+				minHeading: 4,
+			},
+		})
+
+		cy.get('h1').should('not.exist')
+		cy.get('h2').should('not.exist')
+		cy.get('h3').should('not.exist')
+		cy.get('h4')
+			.should('exist')
+			.and('contain.text', 'level 1')
+		cy.get('h5')
+			.should('exist')
+			.and('contain.text', 'level 2')
+		cy.contains('h6', 'level 3').should('exist')
+		cy.contains('h6', 'level 4').should('exist')
+		cy.contains('h6', 'level 5').should('exist')
+		cy.contains('h6', 'level 6').should('exist')
+	})
+})
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.vue b/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.vue
index 18a9ea39018cd..cd236432638df 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/components/Markdown.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default {
 	computed: {
 		renderMarkdown() {
 			const renderer = new marked.Renderer()
-			renderer.link = function(href, title, text) {
+			renderer.link = function({ href, title, text }) {
 				let prot
 				try {
 					prot = decodeURIComponent(unescape(href))
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ export default {
 				out += '>' + text + '</a>'
 				return out
 			}
-			renderer.heading = (text, level) => {
-				level = Math.min(6, level + (this.minHeading - 1))
-				return `<h${level}>${text}</h${level}>`
+			renderer.heading = ({ text, depth }) => {
+				depth = Math.min(6, depth + (this.minHeading - 1))
+				return `<h${depth}>${text}</h${depth}>`
 			}
-			renderer.image = function(href, title, text) {
+			renderer.image = ({ title, text }) => {
 				if (text) {
 					return text
 				}
 				return title
 			}
-			renderer.blockquote = function(quote) {
-				return quote
+			renderer.blockquote = ({ text }) => {
+				return `<blockquote>${text}</blockquote>`
 			}
 			return dompurify.sanitize(
 				marked(this.text.trim(), {
@@ -99,45 +99,13 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped lang="scss">
-	.settings-markdown::v-deep {
-
-	h1,
-	h2,
-	h3,
-	h4,
-	h5,
-	h6 {
-		font-weight: 600;
-		line-height: 120%;
-		margin-top: 24px;
-		margin-bottom: 12px;
-		color: var(--color-main-text);
-	}
-
-	h1 {
-		font-size: 36px;
-		margin-top: 48px;
-	}
-
-	h2 {
-		font-size: 28px;
-		margin-top: 48px;
-	}
-
-	h3 {
-		font-size: 24px;
-	}
-
-	h4 {
-		font-size: 21px;
-	}
-
-	h5 {
-		font-size: 17px;
-	}
-
-	h6 {
-		font-size: var(--default-font-size);
+.settings-markdown::v-deep {
+	a {
+		text-decoration: underline;
+		&::after {
+			content: '↗';
+			padding-inline: calc(var(--default-grid-baseline) / 2);
+		}
 	}
 
 	pre {
@@ -183,6 +151,5 @@ export default {
 		margin-left: 0;
 		margin-right: 0;
 	}
-
-	}
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/cypress.config.ts b/cypress.config.ts
index e9b09f2012d11..8bf65b90fa0cf 100644
--- a/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/cypress.config.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	},
 
 	component: {
+		specPattern: ['core/**/*.cy.ts', 'apps/**/*.cy.ts'],
 		devServer: {
 			framework: 'vue',
 			bundler: 'webpack',