diff --git a/app/components/formatted_markdown_text.js b/app/components/formatted_markdown_text.js
index 2f5b03fc2..01898d9af 100644
--- a/app/components/formatted_markdown_text.js
+++ b/app/components/formatted_markdown_text.js
@@ -110,12 +110,14 @@ class FormattedMarkdownText extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     renderAtMention = ({context, mentionName}) => {
+        const style = getStyleSheet(this.props.theme);
+
         return (
             <AtMention
                 mentionStyle={this.props.textStyles.mention}
                 mentionName={mentionName}
                 onPostPress={this.props.onPostPress}
-                textStyle={this.computeTextStyle(this.props.baseTextStyle, context)}
+                textStyle={[this.computeTextStyle(this.props.baseTextStyle, context), style.atMentionOpacity]}
             />
         );
     }
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme) => {
             fontSize: 15,
             lineHeight: 22,
         },
+        atMentionOpacity: {
+            opacity: 1,
+        },
     };
 });
 
diff --git a/app/components/markdown/markdown.js b/app/components/markdown/markdown.js
index 93edb1296..8de3f7260 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/app/components/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -199,10 +199,12 @@ export default class Markdown extends PureComponent {
             return this.renderText({context, literal: `@${mentionName}`});
         }
 
+        const style = getStyleSheet(this.props.theme);
+
         return (
             <AtMention
                 mentionStyle={this.props.textStyles.mention}
-                textStyle={this.computeTextStyle(this.props.baseTextStyle, context)}
+                textStyle={[this.computeTextStyle(this.props.baseTextStyle, context), style.atMentionOpacity]}
                 isSearchResult={this.props.isSearchResult}
                 mentionName={mentionName}
                 onPostPress={this.props.onPostPress}
@@ -462,5 +464,8 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme) => {
             color: editedColor,
             opacity: editedOpacity,
         },
+        atMentionOpacity: {
+            opacity: 1,
+        },
     };
 });