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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/micromark-util-sanitize-uri/-/micromark-util-sanitize-uri-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QO4GXv0XZfWey4pYFndLUKEAktKkG5kZTdUNaTAkzbuJxn2tNBOr+QtxR2XpWaMhbImT2dPzyLrPXLlPhph34A==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "GitHub Sponsors",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/unifiedjs"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "OpenCollective",
-          "url": "https://opencollective.com/unified"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "micromark-util-character": "^1.0.0",
-        "micromark-util-encode": "^1.0.0",
-        "micromark-util-symbol": "^1.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/require-directory": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/package.json b/components/dash-core-components/package.json
index 85ad16a6a5..1a8c3bba01 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/package.json
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "react-window": "^1.8.11",
     "rehype-raw": "^6.1.1",
     "remark-math": "^5.1.1",
+    "remark-gfm":  "^3.0.1",
     "uniqid": "^5.4.0",
     "unist-util-visit": "^4.1.2"
   },
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Markdown.tsx b/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Markdown.tsx
index d5ac6d88b1..e5b9096ed9 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Markdown.tsx
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Markdown.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
     rawHtmlPlugins,
     rehypeMathPlugins,
     remarkMathPlugins,
+    remarkGfmPlugins,
 } from '../utils/markdown/plugins';
 import {dedentText} from '../utils/markdown/text';
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const MarkdownContent = React.memo(function MarkdownContent({
 }: MarkdownContentProps & {children: string}) {
     const displayText = dedent && children ? dedentText(children) : children;
 
-    const remarkPlugins: PluggableList = [];
+    const remarkPlugins: PluggableList = [...remarkGfmPlugins];
     const rehypePlugins: PluggableList = [];
     if (mathjax) {
         remarkPlugins.push(...remarkMathPlugins);
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/src/utils/markdown/plugins/index.ts b/components/dash-core-components/src/utils/markdown/plugins/index.ts
index 1cda2af881..9a22ab2601 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/src/utils/markdown/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/src/utils/markdown/plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type {PluggableList} from 'unified';
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
 import remarkMath from 'remark-math';
 import rehypeRaw from 'rehype-raw';
 
@@ -6,6 +7,10 @@ import rehypeDashMath from './rehypeDashMath';
 import rehypeDccComponents from './rehypeDccComponents';
 import rehypeStripTags from './rehypeStripTags';
 
+// remark plugin for GitHub Flavored Markdown: tables, strikethrough,
+// task lists, autolinks, etc.
+export const remarkGfmPlugins: PluggableList = [remarkGfm];
+
 // remark plugin for the `mathjax` prop: remark-math parses `$...$`/`$$...$$` in
 // Markdown at the token level, so it leaves `\$` and `$` as literal dollars.
 export const remarkMathPlugins: PluggableList = [remarkMath];