diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 947fc9914a2af3333cab22a80f33833ef3280e2c..32416fe0aef717041df7803f398e9608e6482b6b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ gem 'html-pipeline', '~> 2.13.2'
 gem 'deckar01-task_list', '2.3.1'
 gem 'gitlab-markup', '~> 1.8.0'
 gem 'github-markup', '~> 1.7.0', require: 'github/markup'
-gem 'commonmarker', '~> 0.23.4'
+gem 'commonmarker', '~> 0.23.6'
 gem 'kramdown', '~> 2.3.1'
 gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.3.2'
 gem 'rdoc', '~> 6.3.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.checksum b/Gemfile.checksum
index 51893fa0557d9821934930fc194d450530fdeb5e..abfe74c5d17b531030bc481d8b5cd8924a668c13 100644
--- a/Gemfile.checksum
+++ b/Gemfile.checksum
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 {"name":"claide-plugins","version":"0.9.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"c7ea78bc067ab23bce8515497cdcdcb8f01c86dadfbe13c44644e382922c1c2e"},
 {"name":"coderay","version":"1.1.3","platform":"ruby","checksum":"dc530018a4684512f8f38143cd2a096c9f02a1fc2459edcfe534787a7fc77d4b"},
 {"name":"colored2","version":"3.1.2","platform":"ruby","checksum":"b13c2bd7eeae2cf7356a62501d398e72fde78780bd26aec6a979578293c28b4a"},
-{"name":"commonmarker","version":"0.23.4","platform":"ruby","checksum":"95d9cb050576376374a66d71a4feab3562e0955aab9d80a3e8606a5cf5e9c7ce"},
+{"name":"commonmarker","version":"0.23.6","platform":"ruby","checksum":"c8aeaaaff4ba497bf180f762db63a0069794fafb6eff221224c9c8199d337b38"},
 {"name":"concurrent-ruby","version":"1.1.10","platform":"ruby","checksum":"244cb1ca0d91ec2c15ca2209507c39fb163336994428e16fbd3f465c87bd8e68"},
 {"name":"connection_pool","version":"2.2.5","platform":"ruby","checksum":"13a8fc3921ce4df8e04fb65f1037251decb08d74757b41163688bd1c1feccd39"},
 {"name":"contracts","version":"0.11.0","platform":"ruby","checksum":"df6e438efa89c31dd3095851c3f7a25dfdae36b35ff1d4547f1d92941b3c7286"},
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b589d5edbff8d20128afe11ffc65a2b7a38724d1..53f19eb497b9415cba5ff673a44a0b0a9088b9dd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ GEM
       open4 (~> 1.3)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     colored2 (3.1.2)
-    commonmarker (0.23.4)
+    commonmarker (0.23.6)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
     connection_pool (2.2.5)
     contracts (0.11.0)
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara-screenshot (~> 1.0.22)
   carrierwave (~> 1.3)
   charlock_holmes (~> 0.7.7)
-  commonmarker (~> 0.23.4)
+  commonmarker (~> 0.23.6)
   concurrent-ruby (~> 1.1)
   connection_pool (~> 2.0)
   countries (~> 3.0)
diff --git a/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter.rb b/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f94150c7a1fdea31780b9e56ee9d2cac70d6445..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Banzai
-  module Filter
-    class PathologicalMarkdownFilter < HTML::Pipeline::TextFilter
-      # It's not necessary for this to be precise - we just need to detect
-      # when there are a non-trivial number of unclosed image links.
-      # So we don't really care about code blocks, etc.
-      # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370428
-      REGEX = /!\[(?:[^\]])+?!\[/.freeze
-      DETECTION_MAX = 10
-
-      def call
-        count = 0
-
-        @text.scan(REGEX) do |_match|
-          count += 1
-          break if count > DETECTION_MAX
-        end
-
-        return @text if count <= DETECTION_MAX
-
-        "_Unable to render markdown - too many unclosed markdown image links detected._"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/banzai/pipeline/plain_markdown_pipeline.rb b/lib/banzai/pipeline/plain_markdown_pipeline.rb
index fb6f6e9077d86cc40b5bd62f55397261242fdc63..1da0f72996bedaecad1d85260e762978a1925977 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/pipeline/plain_markdown_pipeline.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/pipeline/plain_markdown_pipeline.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module Pipeline
     class PlainMarkdownPipeline < BasePipeline
       def self.filters
         FilterArray[
-          Filter::PathologicalMarkdownFilter,
           Filter::MarkdownPreEscapeFilter,
           Filter::MarkdownFilter,
           Filter::MarkdownPostEscapeFilter
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e0a07d1ea7724d2bbfa25390aa64ee42669308f7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/pathological_markdown_filter_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-RSpec.describe Banzai::Filter::PathologicalMarkdownFilter do
-  include FilterSpecHelper
-
-  let_it_be(:short_text) { '![a' * 5 }
-  let_it_be(:long_text) { ([short_text] * 10).join(' ') }
-  let_it_be(:with_images_text) { "![One ![one](one.jpg) #{'and\n' * 200} ![two ![two](two.jpg)" }
-
-  it 'detects a significat number of unclosed image links' do
-    msg = <<~TEXT
-      _Unable to render markdown - too many unclosed markdown image links detected._
-    TEXT
-
-    expect(filter(long_text)).to eq(msg.strip)
-  end
-
-  it 'does nothing when there are only a few unclosed image links' do
-    expect(filter(short_text)).to eq(short_text)
-  end
-
-  it 'does nothing when there are only a few unclosed image links and images' do
-    expect(filter(with_images_text)).to eq(with_images_text)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/pipeline/full_pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/pipeline/full_pipeline_spec.rb
index c07f99dc9fc8676ac8b07a8038d1a4b6b43e16f4..1a0f5a53a23e6c4bea1b3ce54e0fa0537797522f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/pipeline/full_pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/banzai/pipeline/full_pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -168,15 +168,13 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'unclosed image links' do
-    it 'detects a significat number of unclosed image links' do
-      markdown = '![a ' * 30
-      msg = <<~TEXT
-        Unable to render markdown - too many unclosed markdown image links detected.
-      TEXT
-      output = described_class.to_html(markdown, project: nil)
-
-      expect(output).to include(msg.strip)
+  describe 'cmark-gfm and autlolinks' do
+    it 'does not hang with significant number of unclosed image links' do
+      markdown = '![a ' * 300000
+
+      expect do
+        Timeout.timeout(2.seconds) { described_class.to_html(markdown, project: nil) }
+      end.not_to raise_error
     end
   end
 end