diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 2c37ec7a021..3871aafcb54 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - Reorganized and cleaned up the navigation and sidebar documentation for improved clarity.
 - Moved the sidebar documentation to the documentation pages section for better organization.
 - The build command now groups together all `InMemoryPage` instances under one progress bar group in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1897
+- The `Markdown::render()` method will now always render Markdown using the custom HydePHP Markdown service (thus getting smart features like our Markdown processors) in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1900
 
 ### Deprecated
 - for soon-to-be removed features.
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/MarkdownConverter.php b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/MarkdownConverter.php
index ef6265f1a5b..26cb8902afc 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/MarkdownConverter.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/MarkdownConverter.php
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 /**
  * The base Markdown converter class.
- *
- * "Extends" \League\CommonMark\CommonMarkConverter.
  */
 class MarkdownConverter extends \League\CommonMark\MarkdownConverter
 {
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Models/Markdown.php b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Models/Markdown.php
index 568ae22be2e..e9c6c80c6a7 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Models/Markdown.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Markdown/Models/Markdown.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 namespace Hyde\Markdown\Models;
 
 use Hyde\Framework\Services\MarkdownService;
-use Hyde\Markdown\MarkdownConverter;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Htmlable;
 use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;
@@ -84,20 +83,13 @@ public static function fromFile(string $path): static
     /**
      * Render a Markdown string into HTML.
      *
-     * If a source model is provided, the Markdown will be converted using the dynamic MarkdownService,
-     * otherwise, the pre-configured singleton from the service container will be used instead.
+     * If a source page class is provided, that class will be used to configure
+     * the Hyde Markdown converter to enable features specific to that page.
      *
      * @return string $html
      */
     public static function render(string $markdown, ?string $pageClass = null): string
     {
-        if ($pageClass !== null) {
-            return (new MarkdownService($markdown, $pageClass))->parse();
-        } else {
-            /** @var MarkdownConverter $converter */
-            $converter = app(MarkdownConverter::class);
-
-            return (string) $converter->convert($markdown);
-        }
+        return (new MarkdownService($markdown, $pageClass))->parse();
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/ColoredBlockquoteShortcodesTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/ColoredBlockquoteShortcodesTest.php
index dce752c8313..f12ffed3492 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/ColoredBlockquoteShortcodesTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/ColoredBlockquoteShortcodesTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
  */
 class ColoredBlockquoteShortcodesTest extends UnitTestCase
 {
+    protected static bool $needsKernel = true;
+    protected static bool $needsConfig = true;
+
     public function testSignature()
     {
         $this->assertSame('>', ColoredBlockquotes::signature());
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/MarkdownFacadeTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/MarkdownFacadeTest.php
index 88531f35744..88903630f90 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/MarkdownFacadeTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/MarkdownFacadeTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
  */
 class MarkdownFacadeTest extends UnitTestCase
 {
+    protected static bool $needsKernel = true;
+    protected static bool $needsConfig = true;
+
     public function testRender(): void
     {
         $html = Markdown::render('# Hello World!');