diff --git a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
index 35081b477a94..3338b240cf39 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
@@ -68,14 +68,8 @@ export const createMarkdownRenderer = (
       rel: 'noopener noreferrer',
       ...options.externalLinks
     })
-
-    .use(attrs, {
-      leftDelimiter: '{',
-      rightDelimiter: '}',
-      allowedAttributes: [],
-      ...options.attrs
-    })
     // 3rd party plugins
+    .use(attrs, options.attrs)
     .use(anchor, {
       slugify,
       permalink: anchor.permalink.ariaHidden({}),
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
index a99c4b0db9b9..28b183932523 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Modified from https://github.com/egoist/markdown-it-highlight-lines
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
 
-const RE = /{([\d,-]+)}/
 const wrapperRE = /^<pre .*?><code>/
 
 export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt) => {
@@ -10,21 +9,24 @@ export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt) => {
     const [tokens, idx, options] = args
     const token = tokens[idx]
 
-    const rawInfo = token.info
-    if (!rawInfo || !RE.test(rawInfo)) {
+    // due to use of markdown-it-attrs, the {0} syntax would have been converted
+    // to attrs on the token
+    const attr = token.attrs && token.attrs[0]
+    if (!attr) {
       return fence(...args)
     }
 
-    const langName = rawInfo.replace(RE, '').trim()
-    // ensure the next plugin get the correct lang.
-    token.info = langName
+    const lines = attr[0]
+    if (!lines || !/[\d,-]+/.test(lines)) {
+      return fence(...args)
+    }
 
-    const lineNumbers = RE.exec(rawInfo)![1]
+    const lineNumbers = lines
       .split(',')
       .map((v) => v.split('-').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10)))
 
     const code = options.highlight
-      ? options.highlight(token.content, langName, '')
+      ? options.highlight(token.content, token.info, '')
       : token.content
 
     const rawCode = code.replace(wrapperRE, '')