diff --git a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
index fab21fa9..5c0026f1 100644
--- a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
+++ b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ func sanitizeAttributes(baseURL, tagName string, attributes []html.Attribute, sa
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if tagName == "math" && attribute.Key == "xmlns" && value != "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" {
+			value = "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+		}
+
 		if tagName == "img" && attribute.Key == "fetchpriority" {
 			if !isValidFetchPriorityValue(value) {
 				continue
diff --git a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
index afe2e928..0628ec9d 100644
--- a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
@@ -829,3 +829,13 @@ func TestMathML(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf(`Wrong output: "%s" != "%s"`, expected, output)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInvalidMathMLXMLNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `<math xmlns="http://example.org"><msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math>`
+	expected := `<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math>`
+	output := SanitizeHTMLWithDefaultOptions("http://example.org/", input)
+
+	if expected != output {
+		t.Errorf(`Wrong output: "%s" != "%s"`, expected, output)
+	}
+}