diff --git a/src/CodeRenderer.php b/src/CodeRenderer.php
index 56136d3..7c59442 100644
--- a/src/CodeRenderer.php
+++ b/src/CodeRenderer.php
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ public function render(Node $node, ChildNodeRendererInterface $childRenderer)
     {
         Code::assertInstanceOf($node);
 
-        return '\\texttt{' . $node->getLiteral() . '}';
+        return '\\verb`' . $node->getLiteral() . '`';
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/data/code.md b/tests/data/code.md
index 7ed5a9a..82db90f 100644
--- a/tests/data/code.md
+++ b/tests/data/code.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ this is text
 this is PHP code
 ```
 
-this has `inline code` in it
+this has `inline co_de` in it
diff --git a/tests/data/code.tex b/tests/data/code.tex
index 74c6c40..f5b965b 100644
--- a/tests/data/code.tex
+++ b/tests/data/code.tex
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 \lstset{language={php}}\begin{lstlisting}
 this is PHP code
 \end{lstlisting}
-this has \texttt{inline code} in it
+this has \verb`inline co_de` in it