diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b2f0d2b2a700..b9dce013edf7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20947,19 +20947,18 @@
       }
     },
     "expensify-common": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/expensify-common/-/expensify-common-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QitZnBwJKSAPt+qpCMfuf8KFI3NxR0VU0r5h/92hox9p0Dv2bq1DS5dvRGNxQ9SxugtnSPk4YnKyRwKdRNcASQ==",
+      "version": "git://github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#c3465bf615390a2844087ec7f2343b0607ea484c",
+      "from": "git://github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#c3465bf615390a2844087ec7f2343b0607ea484c",
       "requires": {
         "classnames": "2.3.1",
         "clipboard": "2.0.4",
         "html-entities": "^1.3.1",
-        "jquery": "3.3.1",
+        "jquery": "3.6.0",
         "lodash": "4.17.21",
         "prop-types": "15.7.2",
         "react": "16.12.0",
         "react-dom": "16.12.0",
-        "semver": "^7.3.4",
+        "semver": "^7.3.5",
         "simply-deferred": "git+https://github.com/Expensify/simply-deferred.git#77a08a95754660c7bd6e0b6979fdf84e8e831bf5",
         "underscore": "1.13.1"
       },
@@ -20969,6 +20968,19 @@
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         },
+        "jquery": {
+          "version": "3.6.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery/-/jquery-3.6.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-JVzAR/AjBvVt2BmYhxRCSYysDsPcssdmTFnzyLEts9qNwmjmu4JTAMYubEfwVOSwpQ1I1sKKFcxhZCI2buerfw=="
+        },
+        "lru-cache": {
+          "version": "6.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+          }
+        },
         "react": {
           "version": "16.12.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-16.12.0.tgz",
@@ -20990,10 +21002,23 @@
             "scheduler": "^0.18.0"
           }
         },
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "7.3.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PoeGJYh8HK4BTO/a9Tf6ZG3veo/A7ZVsYrSA6J8ny9nb3B1VrpkuN+z9OE5wfE5p6H4LchYZsegiQgbJD94ZFQ==",
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
+          }
+        },
         "underscore": {
           "version": "1.13.1",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.13.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-hzSoAVtJF+3ZtiFX0VgfFPHEDRm7Y/QPjGyNo4TVdnDTdft3tr8hEkD25a1jC+TjTuE7tkHGKkhwCgs9dgBB2g=="
+        },
+        "yallist": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2000481fd39..08a793391d62 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "electron-log": "^4.3.5",
     "electron-serve": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-updater": "^4.3.4",
-    "expensify-common": "^1.0.1",
+    "expensify-common": "git://github.com/Expensify/expensify-common.git#c3465bf615390a2844087ec7f2343b0607ea484c",
     "file-loader": "^6.0.0",
     "html-entities": "^1.3.1",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
index d1449ed486aa..b03edccd1bfe 100755
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class ReportActionCompose extends React.Component {
 
                 if (reportActionKey !== -1 && this.props.reportActions[reportActionKey]) {
                     const {reportActionID, message} = this.props.reportActions[reportActionKey];
-                    saveReportActionDraft(this.props.reportID, reportActionID, _.last(message).text);
+                    saveReportActionDraft(this.props.reportID, reportActionID, _.last(message).html);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionContextMenu.js b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionContextMenu.js
index 124b4bad6ff5..5e7f15ecb565 100755
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionContextMenu.js
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ class ReportActionContextMenu extends React.Component {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the text (not HTML) portion of the message in an action.
+     * Gets the markdown version of the message in an action.
      *
      * @return {String}
      */
     getActionText() {
         const message = _.last(lodashGet(this.props.reportAction, 'message', null));
-        return lodashGet(message, 'text', '');
+        return lodashGet(message, 'html', '');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
index 2a7d49b5e2c8..9db04402951c 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import _ from 'underscore';
+import ExpensiMark from 'expensify-common/lib/ExpensiMark';
 import ReportActionPropTypes from './ReportActionPropTypes';
 import styles from '../../../styles/styles';
 import TextInputFocusable from '../../../components/TextInputFocusable';
@@ -39,11 +40,14 @@ class ReportActionItemMessageEdit extends React.Component {
         this.triggerSaveOrCancel = this.triggerSaveOrCancel.bind(this);
         this.onSelectionChange = this.onSelectionChange.bind(this);
 
+        const parser = new ExpensiMark();
+        const draftMessage = parser.htmlToMarkdown(this.props.draftMessage);
+
         this.state = {
-            draft: this.props.draftMessage,
+            draft: draftMessage,
             selection: {
-                start: this.props.draftMessage.length,
-                end: this.props.draftMessage.length,
+                start: draftMessage.length,
+                end: draftMessage.length,
             },
         };
     }
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ class ReportActionItemMessageEdit extends React.Component {
                         ref={el => this.textInput = el}
                         onChangeText={this.updateDraft} // Debounced saveDraftComment
                         onKeyPress={this.triggerSaveOrCancel}
-                        defaultValue={this.props.draftMessage}
+                        defaultValue={this.state.draft}
                         maxLines={16} // This is the same that slack has
                         style={[styles.textInputCompose, styles.flex4]}
                         onFocus={() => {