diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5462ac32..7dba4cf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ criterion = "0.5"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1" }
-swc_core = { version = "22", features = [
+swc_core = { version = "32", features = [
   "common",
   "ecma_ast",
   "ecma_parser",
diff --git a/src/configuration.rs b/src/configuration.rs
index 4f0281f3..e2696827 100644
--- a/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/src/configuration.rs
@@ -992,6 +992,45 @@ pub struct CompileOptions {
     /// * [*§ 6.1 Disallowed Raw HTML (extension)* in GFM](https://github.github.com/gfm/#disallowed-raw-html-extension-)
     /// * [`cmark-gfm#extensions/tagfilter.c`](https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/blob/master/extensions/tagfilter.c)
     pub gfm_tagfilter: bool,
+
+    /// Whether to not use `<p>` elements to surround free text
+    ///
+    /// The default is `false`
+    ///
+    /// ## Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use markdown::{to_html_with_options, CompileOptions, Options, ParseOptions};
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), markdown::message::Message> {
+    ///
+    /// // With `no_paragraphs` set to `false`, normal text is surrounded with `<p>` elements
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     to_html_with_options(
+    ///         "Hello",
+    ///         &Options::default(),
+    ///     )?,
+    ///     "<p>Hello</p>"
+    /// );
+    ///
+    /// // Pass `no_paragraphs: true` to remove them
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     to_html_with_options(
+    ///         "Hello",
+    ///         &Options {
+    ///             parse: ParseOptions::default(),
+    ///             compile: CompileOptions {
+    ///               no_paragraphs: true,
+    ///               ..CompileOptions::default()
+    ///             }
+    ///         }
+    ///     )?,
+    ///     "Hello"
+    /// );
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    pub no_paragraphs: bool,
 }
 
 impl CompileOptions {
diff --git a/src/to_html.rs b/src/to_html.rs
index b50ec912..e9fdffc6 100644
--- a/src/to_html.rs
+++ b/src/to_html.rs
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ fn on_enter_list_item_marker(context: &mut CompileContext) {
 fn on_enter_paragraph(context: &mut CompileContext) {
     let tight = context.tight_stack.last().unwrap_or(&false);
 
-    if !tight {
+    if !tight && !context.options.no_paragraphs {
         context.line_ending_if_needed();
         context.push("<p>");
     }
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ fn on_exit_media(context: &mut CompileContext) {
 fn on_exit_paragraph(context: &mut CompileContext) {
     let tight = context.tight_stack.last().unwrap_or(&false);
 
-    if *tight {
+    if *tight || context.options.no_paragraphs {
         context.slurp_one_line_ending = true;
     } else {
         context.push("</p>");
diff --git a/tests/mdx_expression_text.rs b/tests/mdx_expression_text.rs
index f24e4fba..d7b9dcea 100644
--- a/tests/mdx_expression_text.rs
+++ b/tests/mdx_expression_text.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn mdx_expression() -> Result<(), message::Message> {
             .err()
             .unwrap()
             .to_string(),
-        "2:8: Could not parse expression with swc: Unexpected eof (mdx:swc)",
+        "2:8: Could not parse expression with swc: Expression expected (mdx:swc)",
         "should crash on incorrect expressions in containers (1)"
     );
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ fn mdx_expression_text_gnostic() -> Result<(), message::Message> {
             .err()
             .unwrap()
             .to_string(),
-        "1:9: Could not parse expression with swc: Unexpected eof (mdx:swc)",
+        "1:9: Could not parse expression with swc: Expression expected (mdx:swc)",
         "should crash on an incorrect expression"
     );
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/swc.rs b/tests/test_utils/swc.rs
index a446d95d..536bc256 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/swc.rs
+++ b/tests/test_utils/swc.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ fn create_config(source: String) -> (SourceFile, Syntax, EsVersion) {
             FileName::Anon.into(),
             false,
             FileName::Anon.into(),
-            source,
+            source.into(),
             BytePos::from_usize(1),
         ),
         // Syntax.