diff --git a/packages/gamut/package.json b/packages/gamut/package.json
index c2da92877f..a4712fc306 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/package.json
+++ b/packages/gamut/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "react-aria-tabpanel": "^4.4.0",
     "react-focus-on": "^3.5.1",
     "react-hook-form": "^7.21.2",
-    "react-player": "^2.3.1",
+    "react-player": "^2.16.0",
     "react-select": "^5.2.2",
     "react-truncate-markup": "^5.1.2",
     "react-use": "^15.3.8",
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/__tests__/Markdown.test.tsx b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/__tests__/Markdown.test.tsx
index aefc4b3018..074bf1e26d 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/__tests__/Markdown.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/__tests__/Markdown.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { Markdown } from '../index';
 
+const mockTitle = 'a fake youtube';
+
+jest.mock('react-player', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <iframe title={mockTitle} />,
+}));
+
 const basicMarkdown = `
 # Heading 1
 
@@ -36,12 +43,35 @@ const youtubeMarkdown = `
 <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KvgrQIK1yPY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 `;
 
+const vimeoMarkdown = `
+<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/188237476?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+`;
+
+const videoMarkdown = `
+<video src="/example.webm" title="video" />
+`;
+
+const videoSourceMarkdown = `
+<video controls poster="/images/spaceghost.gif">
+  <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
+  <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
+</video>
+`;
+
 const checkboxMarkdown = `
 - [ ] checkbox
 - [x] default checked checkbox
 - [ ] third checkbox
 `;
 
+const table = `
+| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
+|----------|:-------------:|------:|
+| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
+| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
+| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |
+    `;
+
 const renderView = setupRtl(Markdown);
 
 describe('<Markdown />', () => {
@@ -60,13 +90,6 @@ describe('<Markdown />', () => {
   });
 
   it('Renders custom tables in markdown', () => {
-    const table = `
-| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
-|----------|:-------------:|------:|
-| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
-| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
-| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |
-    `;
     renderView({ text: table });
     expect(document.querySelectorAll('div.tableWrapper table').length).toEqual(
       1
@@ -74,13 +97,6 @@ describe('<Markdown />', () => {
   });
 
   it('Skips rendering custom tables in markdown when skipProcessing.table is true', () => {
-    const table = `
-| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
-|----------|:-------------:|------:|
-| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
-| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
-| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |
-    `;
     renderView({
       skipDefaultOverrides: { table: true },
       text: table,
@@ -91,9 +107,28 @@ describe('<Markdown />', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('Wraps youtube iframes in a flexible container', () => {
+  it('Renders YouTube iframes using the Video component', () => {
+    renderView({ text: youtubeMarkdown });
+    screen.getByTitle(mockTitle);
+  });
+
+  it('Renders Vimeo iframes using the Video component', () => {
+    renderView({ text: vimeoMarkdown });
+    screen.getByTitle(mockTitle);
+  });
+
+  it('Renders video tags using the Video component if they have an src', () => {
+    renderView({ text: videoMarkdown });
+    screen.getByTitle(mockTitle);
+  });
+  it('Renders video tags using the Video component if they have an src', () => {
+    renderView({ text: videoSourceMarkdown });
+    expect(screen.queryByTitle(mockTitle)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('Renders YouTube iframes using the Video component', () => {
     renderView({ text: youtubeMarkdown });
-    screen.getByTestId('yt-iframe');
+    screen.getByTitle(mockTitle);
   });
 
   it('Wraps the markdown in a div by default (block)', () => {
@@ -288,6 +323,7 @@ var test = true;
         isCodeBlock?: boolean;
         isWebBrowser?: boolean;
       };
+
       const renderedProps: jest.Mock<RenderedProps> = jest.fn();
 
       beforeEach(() => {
@@ -296,9 +332,10 @@ var test = true;
 
 <TestComponent name="my name" isCodeBlock="true" isWebBrowser />
         `;
+
         const TestComponent = (props: any) => {
           renderedProps(props);
-          return <strong {...props}>attr-testing-component</strong>;
+          return <strong>attr-testing-component</strong>;
         };
 
         const overrides = {
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/index.tsx b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/index.tsx
index 777745f67b..e0dac07469 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/index.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   MarkdownAnchorProps,
 } from './libs/overrides/MarkdownAnchor';
 import { Table } from './libs/overrides/Table';
+import { MarkdownVideo } from './libs/overrides/Video';
 import { createPreprocessingInstructions } from './libs/preprocessing';
 import { defaultSanitizationConfig } from './libs/sanitizationConfig';
 // eslint-disable-next-line gamut/no-css-standalone
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export type SkipDefaultOverridesSettings = {
   details?: boolean;
   iframe?: boolean;
   table?: boolean;
+  video?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type MarkdownProps = {
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ export class Markdown extends PureComponent<MarkdownProps> {
           component: Table,
           allowedAttributes: ['style'],
         }),
+      !skipDefaultOverrides.video &&
+        createTagOverride('video', {
+          component: MarkdownVideo,
+        }),
       !skipDefaultOverrides.details &&
         createTagOverride('details', {
           component: Details,
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/index.tsx b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/index.tsx
index 02b8da6382..a1b8679108 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/index.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title */
 import { FunctionComponent, HTMLAttributes } from 'react';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line gamut/no-css-standalone
-import styles from './styles.module.scss';
+import { Video } from '../../../../Video';
 
 export interface IframeProps extends HTMLAttributes<HTMLIFrameElement> {
+  allow?: string;
   src?: string;
   title?: string;
   width?: number;
@@ -19,23 +19,15 @@ export const Iframe: FunctionComponent<IframeProps> = (props) => {
     props.src &&
     [YOUTUBE_PATTERN, VIMEO_PATTERN].some((pattern) => pattern.test(props.src!))
   ) {
-    const { width = 16, height = 9 } = props;
-    const ratioPadding = (
-      (Math.round(height) / Math.round(width)) *
-      100
-    ).toFixed(2);
-    const wrapperStyles = {
-      paddingBottom: `${ratioPadding}%`,
-    };
     return (
-      <div
-        className={styles.youtubeVideoWrapper}
-        data-testid="yt-iframe"
-        style={wrapperStyles}
-      >
-        <iframe {...props} />
-      </div>
+      <Video
+        height={props?.height}
+        width={props?.width}
+        videoUrl={props?.src}
+        videoTitle={props?.title}
+      />
     );
   }
+
   return <iframe {...props} />;
 };
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/styles.module.scss b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/styles.module.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 2abe286cce..0000000000
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Iframe/styles.module.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-.youtubeVideoWrapper {
-  position: relative;
-  padding-bottom: 56.25%;
-  height: 0;
-  iframe {
-    position: absolute;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Video/index.tsx b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Video/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95ca49f80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/overrides/Video/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title */
+import { DetailedHTMLProps, VideoHTMLAttributes } from 'react';
+
+import { Video } from '../../../../Video';
+// eslint-disable-next-line gamut/no-css-standalone
+
+export type MarkdownVideoProps = DetailedHTMLProps<
+  VideoHTMLAttributes<HTMLVideoElement>,
+  HTMLVideoElement
+>;
+
+export const MarkdownVideo: React.FC<MarkdownVideoProps> = (props) => {
+  if (props?.src) {
+    // Sanitize the props to pass to the Video component
+    const videoProps = {
+      autoplay: props?.autoPlay,
+      controls: props?.controls,
+      height: Number(props?.height),
+      loop: props?.loop,
+      muted: props?.muted,
+      videoTitle: props?.title,
+      videoUrl: props?.src,
+      width: Number(props?.width),
+    };
+
+    return <Video {...videoProps} />;
+  }
+  // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/media-has-caption
+  return <video {...props} />;
+};
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/sanitizationConfig.ts b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/sanitizationConfig.ts
index 19f0c85b8c..eee0acbd69 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/sanitizationConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Markdown/libs/sanitizationConfig.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ export const defaultSanitizationConfig = {
     source: ['src', 'type'],
     img: ['src', 'alt', 'height', 'width', 'title', 'aria-label', 'style'],
     input: ['checked', 'type'],
-    video: ['width', 'height', 'align', 'style', 'controls'],
+    video: [
+      'align',
+      'autoPlay',
+      'controls',
+      'height',
+      'loop',
+      'muted',
+      'src',
+      'style',
+      'width',
+    ],
     iframe: [
       'src',
       'width',
diff --git a/packages/gamut/src/Video/index.tsx b/packages/gamut/src/Video/index.tsx
index dc3905bfd6..519f06c361 100644
--- a/packages/gamut/src/Video/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/gamut/src/Video/index.tsx
@@ -27,47 +27,64 @@ const OverlayPlayButton = ({ videoTitle }: { videoTitle?: string }) => {
 export type ReactPlayerWithWrapper = ReactPlayer & { wrapper: HTMLElement };
 
 export type VideoProps = {
-  videoUrl: string;
-  videoTitle?: string;
-  placeholderImage?: string | boolean;
   autoplay?: boolean;
+  className?: string;
   controls?: boolean;
+  height?: number;
   loop?: boolean;
   muted?: boolean;
-  className?: string;
-  onReady?: (player: ReactPlayerWithWrapper) => void;
   onPlay?: () => void;
+  onReady?: (player: ReactPlayerWithWrapper) => void;
+  placeholderImage?: string | boolean;
+  videoTitle?: string;
+  videoUrl: string;
+  width?: number;
 };
 
 export const Video: React.FC<VideoProps> = ({
-  videoUrl,
-  videoTitle,
-  placeholderImage,
   autoplay,
+  className,
   controls,
+  height,
   loop,
   muted,
-  className,
-  onReady,
   onPlay,
+  onReady,
+  placeholderImage,
+  videoTitle,
+  videoUrl,
+  width,
 }) => {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const isMounted = useIsMounted();
+
+  const config = {
+    youtube: {
+      playerVars: { color: 'white' },
+    },
+    vimeo: {
+      title: videoTitle,
+    },
+  };
+
   return (
     <div
       className={cx(styles.videoWrapper, loading && styles.loading, className)}
     >
       {isMounted ? (
         <ReactPlayer
-          url={videoUrl}
-          light={placeholderImage}
-          title={videoTitle}
-          playing={autoplay}
           className={styles.iframe}
+          config={config}
           controls={controls === undefined ? true : controls}
+          height={height}
+          light={placeholderImage}
           loop={loop}
           muted={muted}
           playIcon={<OverlayPlayButton videoTitle={videoTitle} />}
+          playing={autoplay}
+          title={videoTitle}
+          url={videoUrl}
+          width={width}
           onReady={(player: ReactPlayerWithWrapper) => {
             onReady?.(player);
             setLoading(false);
diff --git a/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/Video.examples.tsx b/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/Video.examples.tsx
index c10e8c6ac8..ba4d4d5dbf 100644
--- a/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/Video.examples.tsx
+++ b/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/Video.examples.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import { Video } from '@codecademy/gamut';
 export const VideoWithPlaceholder = () => {
   return (
     <Video
-      placeholder="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1y_kfWUCFDQ/maxresdefault.jpg"
-      videoUrl="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8yy5tpVIM"
-      videoTitle="Workout with Rick Sanchez"
+      videoUrl="https://player.vimeo.com/video/188237476"
+      videoTitle="A Dream Within a Dream"
       placeholderImage="https://placekitten.com/400/300"
       autoplay
     />
diff --git a/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/index.stories.mdx b/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/index.stories.mdx
index 2ce4a0878c..ee4c8627ce 100644
--- a/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/index.stories.mdx
+++ b/packages/styleguide/stories/Molecules/Video/index.stories.mdx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Tip: Some videos might have settings where you cannot share/embed them, make sur
   </Story>
 </Canvas>
 
-## Here is an example with a Viemo URL
+## Here is an example with a Vimeo URL
 
 <Canvas>
   <Story name="Vimeo video URL">
diff --git a/packages/styleguide/stories/Organisms/Markdown/markdown-example.md b/packages/styleguide/stories/Organisms/Markdown/markdown-example.md
index c4bdefe2b3..452aa2bcbd 100644
--- a/packages/styleguide/stories/Organisms/Markdown/markdown-example.md
+++ b/packages/styleguide/stories/Organisms/Markdown/markdown-example.md
@@ -347,4 +347,18 @@ Use the `printf()` function.
 
 ### Iframes
 
-<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/145702525?byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+Vimeo and Youtube video iframes will be rendered by our Video component, otherwise they'll render the original code.
+
+<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/188237476?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Studio Ghibli in Real Life"></iframe>
+
+<br/>
+
+<iframe width="1094" height="842" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zhDwjnYZiCo" title="Ghibli Coffee Shop ☕️ Music to put you in a better mood 🌿 lofi hip hop - lofi songs | study / relax" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+
+### Video
+
+`video`s with an `src` will be rendered by our Video component, otherwise they'll render as stated.
+
+<video src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.webm" title="video" />
+
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ceb8d079de..e2a889d860 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16747,10 +16747,10 @@ react-lifecycles-compat@^3.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-lifecycles-compat/-/react-lifecycles-compat-3.0.4.tgz#4f1a273afdfc8f3488a8c516bfda78f872352362"
   integrity sha512-fBASbA6LnOU9dOU2eW7aQ8xmYBSXUIWr+UmF9b1efZBazGNO+rcXT/icdKnYm2pTwcRylVUYwW7H1PHfLekVzA==
 
-react-player@^2.3.1:
-  version "2.8.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-player/-/react-player-2.8.2.tgz#20fb5c4bcbf304ad719ca5566551ddb3ddefcd93"
-  integrity sha512-AiCvWJGpFxgxjwMxDMiaeTyL2IgDaKuPZfERzNULGPx7X67Mh9D0UqKZG6YHqJQ1KbpbCdE0VBtICrzRxr28pg==
+react-player@^2.16.0:
+  version "2.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-player/-/react-player-2.16.0.tgz#89070700b03f5a5ded9f0b3165d4717390796481"
+  integrity sha512-mAIPHfioD7yxO0GNYVFD1303QFtI3lyyQZLY229UEAp/a10cSW+hPcakg0Keq8uWJxT2OiT/4Gt+Lc9bD6bJmQ==
   dependencies:
     deepmerge "^4.0.0"
     load-script "^1.0.0"