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+      "dev": true
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+      "dev": true,
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+      "dev": true,
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+      "dev": true,
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 511fc07e..bff9d2d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@
     "diff-match-patch": "^1.0.5",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "loglevel": "^1.8.0",
-    "remark": "^14.0.2",
-    "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1",
-    "remark-math": "^5.1.1",
+    "mdast-util-from-markdown": "^1.2.0",
+    "mdast-util-gfm-footnote": "^1.0.1",
+    "mdast-util-gfm-task-list-item": "^1.0.1",
+    "mdast-util-math": "^2.0.1",
+    "micromark-extension-gfm-footnote": "^1.0.4",
+    "micromark-extension-gfm-task-list-item": "^1.0.3",
+    "micromark-extension-math": "^2.0.2",
+    "micromark-util-combine-extensions": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-dedent": "^2.2.0"
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 }
diff --git a/src/rules/empty-line-around-tables.ts b/src/rules/empty-line-around-tables.ts
index 01f86727..01c7d704 100644
--- a/src/rules/empty-line-around-tables.ts
+++ b/src/rules/empty-line-around-tables.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Options, RuleType} from '../rules';
 import RuleBuilder, {ExampleBuilder, OptionBuilderBase} from './rule-builder';
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import {IgnoreTypes, ignoreListOfTypes} from '../utils/ignore-types';
-import {ensureEmptyLinesAroundTables} from '../utils/mdast';
+import {ensureEmptyLinesAroundTables} from '../utils/regex';
 
 class EmptyLineAroundTablesOptions implements Options {
 }
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export default class EmptyLineAroundTables extends RuleBuilder<EmptyLineAroundTa
           | foo      | bar      |
           | baz      | qux      |
           | quux     | quuz     |
-          More text.
           ${''}
+          More text.
           # Heading
           ${''}
           **Note that text directly following a table is considered part of a table according to github markdown**
diff --git a/src/utils/ignore-types.ts b/src/utils/ignore-types.ts
index 1155fa15..324a905d 100644
--- a/src/utils/ignore-types.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ignore-types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {obsidianMultilineCommentRegex, tagRegex, wikiLinkRegex, yamlRegex, escapeDollarSigns, genericLinkRegex} from './regex';
+import {obsidianMultilineCommentRegex, tagRegex, wikiLinkRegex, yamlRegex, escapeDollarSigns, genericLinkRegex, tableRegex} from './regex';
 import {getPositions, MDAstTypes} from './mdast';
 import type {Position} from 'unist';
 import {replaceTextBetweenStartAndEndWithNewValue} from './strings';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const IgnoreTypes: Record<string, IgnoreType> = {
   bold: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.Bold, placeholder: '{STRONG_PLACEHOLDER}'},
   list: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.List, placeholder: '{LIST_PLACEHOLDER}'},
   blockquote: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.Blockquote, placeholder: '{BLOCKQUOTE_PLACEHOLDER}'},
-  table: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.Table, placeholder: '{TABLE_PLACEHOLDER}'},
+  table: {replaceAction: tableRegex, placeholder: '{TABLE_PLACEHOLDER}'},
   math: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.Math, placeholder: '{MATH_PLACEHOLDER}'},
   inlineMath: {replaceAction: MDAstTypes.InlineMath, placeholder: '{INLINE_MATH_PLACEHOLDER}'},
   // RegExp
diff --git a/src/utils/mdast.ts b/src/utils/mdast.ts
index 7e8f269d..d76a0b4d 100644
--- a/src/utils/mdast.ts
+++ b/src/utils/mdast.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ import type {Position} from 'unist';
 import type {Root} from 'mdast';
 import {makeSureContentHasEmptyLinesAddedBeforeAndAfter, replaceTextBetweenStartAndEndWithNewValue} from './strings';
 import {genericLinkRegex} from './regex';
-import {remark} from 'remark';
-import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
-import remarkMath from 'remark-math';
+import {gfmFootnote} from 'micromark-extension-gfm-footnote';
+import {gfmTaskListItem} from 'micromark-extension-gfm-task-list-item';
+import {combineExtensions} from 'micromark-util-combine-extensions';
+import {math} from 'micromark-extension-math';
+import {mathFromMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-math';
+import {fromMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-from-markdown';
+import {gfmFootnoteFromMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-gfm-footnote';
+import {gfmTaskListItemFromMarkdown} from 'mdast-util-gfm-task-list-item';
 
 export enum MDAstTypes {
   Link = 'link',
@@ -16,7 +21,6 @@ export enum MDAstTypes {
   ListItem = 'listItem',
   Code = 'code',
   InlineCode = 'inlineCode',
-  Table = 'table',
   Image = 'image',
   List = 'list',
   Blockquote = 'blockquote',
@@ -44,7 +48,16 @@ export enum UnorderedListItemStyles {
 }
 
 function parseTextToAST(text: string): Root {
-  const ast = remark().use(remarkGfm).use(remarkMath).parse(text);
+  const ast = fromMarkdown(text, {
+    extensions: [combineExtensions([gfmFootnote(), gfmTaskListItem]), math()],
+    mdastExtensions: [[
+      gfmFootnoteFromMarkdown(),
+      gfmTaskListItemFromMarkdown,
+    ],
+    mathFromMarkdown(),
+    ],
+  });
+
   return ast;
 }
 
@@ -391,15 +404,6 @@ export function ensureEmptyLinesAroundFencedCodeBlocks(text: string): string {
   return text;
 }
 
-export function ensureEmptyLinesAroundTables(text: string): string {
-  const positions: Position[] = getPositions(MDAstTypes.Table, text);
-  for (const position of positions) {
-    text = makeSureContentHasEmptyLinesAddedBeforeAndAfter(text, position.start.offset, position.end.offset);
-  }
-
-  return text;
-}
-
 export function ensureEmptyLinesAroundMathBlock(text: string, numberOfDollarSignsForMathBlock: number): string {
   let positions: Position[] = getPositions(MDAstTypes.Math, text);
   for (const position of positions) {
diff --git a/src/utils/regex.ts b/src/utils/regex.ts
index 60df7da9..138f4a9e 100644
--- a/src/utils/regex.ts
+++ b/src/utils/regex.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
-// Useful regexes
+import {makeSureContentHasEmptyLinesAddedBeforeAndAfter} from './strings';
 
+// Useful regexes
 export const headerRegex = /^(\s*)(#+)(\s+)(.*)$/;
 export const fencedRegexTemplate = '^XXX\\.*?\n(?:((?:.|\n)*?)\n)?XXX(?=\\s|$)$';
 export const yamlRegex = /^---\n((?:(((?!---)(?:.|\n)*?)\n)?))---(?=\n|$)/;
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ export const obsidianMultilineCommentRegex = /^%%\n[^%]*\n%%/gm;
 export const wordSplitterRegex = /[,\s]+/;
 export const ellipsisRegex = /(\. ?){2}\./g;
 export const lineStartingWithWhitespaceOrBlockquoteTemplate = `\\s*(>\\s*)*`;
+// Note that the following regex has an issue where if the table is followed by another table with only 1 blank line between them, it considers them to be one table
+// if this becomes an issue, we can address it then
+export const tableRegex = /((((>[ ]?)*)|([ ]{0,3}))\[.*?\][ \t]*\n)?((((>[ ]?)*)|([ ]{0,3}))\S+.*?\|.*?\n([^\n]*?\|[^\n]*?\n)*?)?(((>[ ]?)*)|([ ]{0,3}))[|\-+:.][ \-+|:.]*?\|[ \-+|:.]*(?:\n?[^\n]*?\|([^\n]*?)*(\n)?)+/g;
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38866071/javascript-replace-method-dollar-signs
 // Important to use this for any regex replacements where the replacement string
@@ -48,3 +52,29 @@ export function removeSpacesInWikiLinkText(text: string): string {
 
   return text;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Makes sure to add a blank line before and after tables except before a table that is on the first line of the text.
+ * @param {string} text The text to make sure it has an empty line before and after tables
+ * @return {string} The text with an empty line before and after tables unless the table starts off the file
+ */
+export function ensureEmptyLinesAroundTables(text: string): string {
+  const tableMatches = text.match(tableRegex);
+  if (tableMatches == null) {
+    return text;
+  }
+
+  for (const table of tableMatches) {
+    let start = text.indexOf(table);
+    const end = start + table.trimEnd().length;
+    if (table.trim().startsWith('>')) {
+      while (text.charAt(start).trim() === '' || text.charAt(start) === '>') {
+        start++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    text = makeSureContentHasEmptyLinesAddedBeforeAndAfter(text, start, end);
+  }
+
+  return text;
+}