diff --git a/.changeset/dependabot-eb01eaf.md b/.changeset/dependabot-eb01eaf.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e70e684db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dependabot-eb01eaf.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-components': patch
+---
+
+chore(deps): bump `react-markdown` from 7.1.2 to 8.0.0
diff --git a/packages/core-components/package.json b/packages/core-components/package.json
index 73fd9dbb8c..9831596ffb 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/core-components/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "rc-progress": "3.2.4",
     "react-helmet": "6.1.0",
     "react-hook-form": "^7.12.2",
-    "react-markdown": "^7.0.1",
+    "react-markdown": "^8.0.0",
     "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-router-dom": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-sparklines": "^1.7.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b356476c41..53502ad4be 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16870,16 +16870,17 @@ mdast-util-gfm@^2.0.0:
     mdast-util-gfm-table "^1.0.0"
     mdast-util-gfm-task-list-item "^1.0.0"
 
-mdast-util-to-hast@^11.0.0:
-  version "11.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdast-util-to-hast/-/mdast-util-to-hast-11.3.0.tgz#ea9220617a710e80aa5cc3ac7cc9d4bb0440ae7a"
-  integrity sha512-4o3Cli3hXPmm1LhB+6rqhfsIUBjnKFlIUZvudaermXB+4/KONdd/W4saWWkC+LBLbPMqhFSSTSRgafHsT5fVJw==
+mdast-util-to-hast@^12.1.0:
+  version "12.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdast-util-to-hast/-/mdast-util-to-hast-12.1.1.tgz#89a2bb405eaf3b05eb8bf45157678f35eef5dbca"
+  integrity sha512-qE09zD6ylVP14jV4mjLIhDBOrpFdShHZcEsYvvKGABlr9mGbV7mTlRWdoFxL/EYSTNDiC9GZXy7y8Shgb9Dtzw==
   dependencies:
     "@types/hast" "^2.0.0"
     "@types/mdast" "^3.0.0"
     "@types/mdurl" "^1.0.0"
     mdast-util-definitions "^5.0.0"
     mdurl "^1.0.0"
+    micromark-util-sanitize-uri "^1.0.0"
     unist-builder "^3.0.0"
     unist-util-generated "^2.0.0"
     unist-util-position "^4.0.0"
@@ -20494,10 +20495,10 @@ react-lifecycles-compat@^3.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-3.0.4.tgz#4f1a273afdfc8f3488a8c516bfda78f872352362"
   integrity sha512-fBASbA6LnOU9dOU2eW7aQ8xmYBSXUIWr+UmF9b1efZBazGNO+rcXT/icdKnYm2pTwcRylVUYwW7H1PHfLekVzA==
 
-react-markdown@^7.0.1:
-  version "7.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-markdown/-/react-markdown-7.1.2.tgz#c9fa9d1c87e24529f028e1cdf731e81ccdd8e547"
-  integrity sha512-ibMcc0EbfmbwApqJD8AUr0yls8BSrKzIbHaUsPidQljxToCqFh34nwtu3CXNEItcVJNzpjDHrhK8A+MAh2JW3A==
+react-markdown@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-markdown/-/react-markdown-8.0.0.tgz#3243296a59ddb0f451d262cc2e11123674b416c2"
+  integrity sha512-qbrWpLny6Ef2xHqnYqtot948LXP+4FtC+MWIuaN1kvSnowM+r1qEeEHpSaU0TDBOisQuj+Qe6eFY15cNL3gLAw==
   dependencies:
     "@types/hast" "^2.0.0"
     "@types/unist" "^2.0.0"
@@ -20507,7 +20508,7 @@ react-markdown@^7.0.1:
     property-information "^6.0.0"
     react-is "^17.0.0"
     remark-parse "^10.0.0"
-    remark-rehype "^9.0.0"
+    remark-rehype "^10.0.0"
     space-separated-tokens "^2.0.0"
     style-to-object "^0.3.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
@@ -21140,14 +21141,14 @@ remark-parse@^10.0.0:
     mdast-util-from-markdown "^1.0.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
 
-remark-rehype@^9.0.0:
-  version "9.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/remark-rehype/-/remark-rehype-9.1.0.tgz#e4b5b6e19c125b3780343eb66c3e9b99b0f06a81"
-  integrity sha512-oLa6YmgAYg19zb0ZrBACh40hpBLteYROaPLhBXzLgjqyHQrN+gVP9N/FJvfzuNNuzCutktkroXEZBrxAxKhh7Q==
+remark-rehype@^10.0.0:
+  version "10.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/remark-rehype/-/remark-rehype-10.1.0.tgz#32dc99d2034c27ecaf2e0150d22a6dcccd9a6279"
+  integrity sha512-EFmR5zppdBp0WQeDVZ/b66CWJipB2q2VLNFMabzDSGR66Z2fQii83G5gTBbgGEnEEA0QRussvrFHxk1HWGJskw==
   dependencies:
     "@types/hast" "^2.0.0"
     "@types/mdast" "^3.0.0"
-    mdast-util-to-hast "^11.0.0"
+    mdast-util-to-hast "^12.1.0"
     unified "^10.0.0"
 
 remarkable@^2.0.1: