diff --git a/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownServiceImpl.java b/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownServiceImpl.java
index 064d35930ce..c8ec46de4b4 100644
--- a/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownServiceImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownServiceImpl.java
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@
 import org.commonmark.ext.image.attributes.ImageAttributesExtension;
 import org.commonmark.node.Node;
 import org.commonmark.parser.Parser;
+import org.commonmark.renderer.html.HtmlNodeRendererContext;
 import org.commonmark.renderer.html.HtmlRenderer;
+import org.commonmark.renderer.html.CoreHtmlNodeRenderer;
+import org.commonmark.node.HtmlInline;
+import org.commonmark.node.HtmlBlock;
 import org.labkey.api.markdown.MarkdownService;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 public class MarkdownServiceImpl implements MarkdownService
 {
@@ -55,10 +60,65 @@ public MarkdownServiceImpl()
             .softbreak("<br>\n")  // See Issue #34169
             .sanitizeUrls(true)
             .escapeHtml(true)
+            .nodeRendererFactory(CommentNodeRenderer::new)
             .extensions(extensions)
             .build();
     }
 
+    private static class CommentNodeRenderer extends CoreHtmlNodeRenderer
+    {
+        private final HtmlNodeRendererContext _context;
+
+        public CommentNodeRenderer(HtmlNodeRendererContext context)
+        {
+            super(context);
+            _context = context;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Set<Class<? extends Node>> getNodeTypes()
+        {
+            return Set.of(HtmlInline.class, HtmlBlock.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void render(Node node)
+        {
+            if (node instanceof HtmlInline inline)
+            {
+                String literal = inline.getLiteral();
+                if (isComment(literal))
+                {
+                    _context.getWriter().raw(literal);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _context.getWriter().text(literal);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (node instanceof HtmlBlock block)
+            {
+                String literal = block.getLiteral();
+                if (isComment(literal))
+                {
+                    _context.getWriter().raw(literal);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _context.getWriter().tag("p");
+                    _context.getWriter().text(literal);
+                    _context.getWriter().tag("/p");
+                    _context.getWriter().line();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private boolean isComment(String literal)
+        {
+            return literal != null && literal.trim().startsWith("<!--") && literal.trim().endsWith("-->");
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toHtml(String mdText)
     {
diff --git a/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownTestCase.java b/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownTestCase.java
index f1c6402f787..a54fcea07c4 100644
--- a/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/org/labkey/core/wiki/MarkdownTestCase.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MarkdownTestCase extends Assert
     @Test
     public void testMdHeadingToHtml()
     {
-        MarkdownService markdownService = MarkdownService.get();
+        MarkdownService markdownService = new MarkdownServiceImpl();
         String testMdText = "# This is a H1 header";
         String expectedHtmlText = "<div class=\"lk-markdown-container\"><h1 id=\"this-is-a-h1-header\">This is a H1 header</h1>\n</div>";
         String htmlText = markdownService.toHtml(testMdText);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public void testMdHeadingToHtml()
     @Test
     public void testMdBoldToHtml()
     {
-        MarkdownService markdownService = MarkdownService.get();
+        MarkdownService markdownService = new MarkdownServiceImpl();
         String testMdText = "**This is bold text**";
         String expectedHtmlText = "<div class=\"lk-markdown-container\"><p><strong>This is bold text</strong></p>\n</div>";
         String htmlText = markdownService.toHtml(testMdText);
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ public void testMdBoldToHtml()
     @Test
     public void testMdHtmlTags()
     {
-        MarkdownService markdownService = MarkdownService.get();
-
+        MarkdownService markdownService = new MarkdownServiceImpl();
         String testMdText = "<h2>header</h2>";
-        String expectedHtmlText = "<div class=\"lk-markdown-container\"><p>&lt;h2&gt;header&lt;/h2&gt;</p>\n</div>";
         String htmlText = markdownService.toHtml(testMdText);
+        String expectedHtmlText = "<div class=\"lk-markdown-container\"><p>&lt;h2&gt;header&lt;/h2&gt;</p>\n</div>";
         assertEquals("The MarkdownService failed to correctly escape html tags.", expectedHtmlText, htmlText);
 
         testMdText = "<script>alert()</script>";
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public void testMdHtmlTags()
     @Test
     public void testMdComplexToHtml()
     {
-        MarkdownService markdownService = MarkdownService.get();
+        MarkdownService markdownService = new MarkdownServiceImpl();
         // this sample of markdown and translation taken from part of: https://markdown-it.github.io/
         String testMdText = """
                 ---
@@ -341,4 +340,20 @@ public void testMdComplexToHtml()
         String htmlText = markdownService.toHtml(testMdText);
         assertEquals("The MarkdownService failed to correctly translate complex markdown text to html.", expectedHtmlText, htmlText);
     }
+    @Test
+    public void testHtmlComments()
+    {
+        MarkdownService markdownService = new MarkdownServiceImpl();
+
+        String testMdText = "Text before <!-- comment --> text after";
+        String htmlText = markdownService.toHtml(testMdText);
+
+        assertTrue("Comment was encoded: " + htmlText, htmlText.contains("<!-- comment -->"));
+        assertFalse("Comment should not be encoded: " + htmlText, htmlText.contains("&lt;!--"));
+
+        // Verification for <script> still being encoded
+        String scriptMd = "<script>alert('hi')</script>";
+        String scriptHtml = markdownService.toHtml(scriptMd);
+        assertTrue("Script tags should still be encoded: " + scriptHtml, scriptHtml.contains("&lt;script&gt;"));
+    }
 }