diff --git a/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/Renderer.astro b/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/Renderer.astro
index 2079a5168..4a78fda95 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/Renderer.astro
+++ b/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/Renderer.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import type { RenderableTreeNode } from '@markdoc/markdoc';
 import type { AstroInstance } from 'astro';
+import { validateComponentsProp } from '../dist/utils.js';
 import { createAstroNode } from './astroNode';
 import RenderNode from './RenderNode.astro';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 const { content, components } = Astro.props as Props;
+
+// Will throw if components is invalid
+validateComponentsProp(components);
 ---
 
 <RenderNode node={createAstroNode(content, components)} />
diff --git a/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/astroNode.ts b/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/astroNode.ts
index da0ccbd21..12a0cd0a6 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/astroNode.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/markdoc/components/astroNode.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import type { AstroInstance } from 'astro';
 import type { RenderableTreeNode } from '@markdoc/markdoc';
 import Markdoc from '@markdoc/markdoc';
-import { MarkdocError } from '../dist/utils.js';
-import z from 'astro/zod';
+import { MarkdocError, isCapitalized } from '../dist/utils.js';
 
 export type AstroNode =
 	| string
@@ -21,15 +20,13 @@ export function createAstroNode(
 	node: RenderableTreeNode,
 	components: Record<string, AstroInstance['default']> = {}
 ): AstroNode {
-	components = validateComponentsProp(components);
-
 	if (typeof node === 'string' || typeof node === 'number') {
 		return String(node);
 	} else if (node === null || typeof node !== 'object' || !Markdoc.Tag.isTag(node)) {
 		return '';
 	}
 
-	if (isCapitalized(node.name) && node.name in components) {
+	if (node.name in components) {
 		const component = components[node.name];
 		const props = node.attributes;
 		const children = node.children.map((child) => createAstroNode(child, components));
@@ -52,35 +49,3 @@ export function createAstroNode(
 		};
 	}
 }
-
-const componentsPropValidator = z.record(
-	z
-		.string()
-		.min(1, 'Invalid `components` prop. Component names cannot be empty!')
-		.refine(
-			(value) => isCapitalized(value),
-			(value) => ({
-				message: `Invalid \`components\` prop: ${JSON.stringify(
-					value
-				)}. Component name must be capitalized. If you want to render HTML elements as components, try using a Markdoc node [TODO: DOCS LINK]`,
-			})
-		),
-	z.any()
-);
-
-function validateComponentsProp(components: Record<string, AstroInstance['default']>) {
-	try {
-		return componentsPropValidator.parse(components);
-	} catch (e) {
-		throw new MarkdocError({
-			message:
-				e instanceof z.ZodError
-					? e.issues[0].message
-					: 'Invalid `components` prop. Ensure you are passing an object of components to <Content />',
-		});
-	}
-}
-
-function isCapitalized(str: string) {
-	return str.length > 0 && str[0] === str[0].toUpperCase();
-}
diff --git a/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/utils.ts b/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/utils.ts
index e4150075b..d9d728a09 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import type fsMod from 'node:fs';
 import type { ErrorPayload as ViteErrorPayload } from 'vite';
+import type { AstroInstance } from 'astro';
+import z from 'astro/zod';
 
 /**
  * Match YAML exception handling from Astro core errors
@@ -109,3 +111,35 @@ export function getAstroConfigPath(fs: typeof fsMod, root: string): string | und
 export function prependForwardSlash(str: string) {
 	return str[0] === '/' ? str : '/' + str;
 }
+
+export function validateComponentsProp(components: Record<string, AstroInstance['default']>) {
+	try {
+		return componentsPropValidator.parse(components);
+	} catch (e) {
+		throw new MarkdocError({
+			message:
+				e instanceof z.ZodError
+					? e.issues[0].message
+					: 'Invalid `components` prop. Ensure you are passing an object of components to <Content />',
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+const componentsPropValidator = z.record(
+	z
+		.string()
+		.min(1, 'Invalid `components` prop. Component names cannot be empty!')
+		.refine(
+			(value) => isCapitalized(value),
+			(value) => ({
+				message: `Invalid \`components\` prop: ${JSON.stringify(
+					value
+				)}. Component name must be capitalized. If you want to render HTML elements as components, try using a Markdoc node [TODO: DOCS LINK]`,
+			})
+		),
+	z.any()
+);
+
+export function isCapitalized(str: string) {
+	return str.length > 0 && str[0] === str[0].toUpperCase();
+}