diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/package.json b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/package.json
index 6107945900946..1d2a28910e351 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/package.json
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "react-markdown": "^8.0.3",
     "rehype-raw": "^6.1.1",
     "rehype-sanitize": "^5.0.1",
+    "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1",
     "reselect": "^4.0.0",
     "rison": "^0.1.1",
     "seedrandom": "^3.0.5",
diff --git a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/components/SafeMarkdown.tsx b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/components/SafeMarkdown.tsx
index 8be73295b4971..929db60b0c7e2 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/components/SafeMarkdown.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/components/SafeMarkdown.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import rehypeSanitize, { defaultSchema } from 'rehype-sanitize';
 import rehypeRaw from 'rehype-raw';
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
 import { mergeWith, isArray } from 'lodash';
 import { FeatureFlag, isFeatureEnabled } from '../utils';
 
@@ -63,7 +64,11 @@ function SafeMarkdown({
 
   // React Markdown escapes HTML by default
   return (
-    <ReactMarkdown rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins} skipHtml={!displayHtml}>
+    <ReactMarkdown
+      rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
+      remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm]}
+      skipHtml={!displayHtml}
+    >
       {source}
     </ReactMarkdown>
   );