diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.stories.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.stories.tsx
index b7dc7ca..418e510 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.stories.tsx
@@ -464,3 +464,52 @@ export const WithCustomClassName: Story = {
     </CodeBlock>
   ),
 };
+export const TemplateLiteralSimple: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <CodeBlock language="bash" lines>
+      {`
+        echo hello
+        echo world
+        echo storybook
+      `}
+    </CodeBlock>
+  ),
+};
+export const TemplateLiteralYaml: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <CodeBlock language="yaml" lines>
+      {`
+        applications:
+          myapp:
+            source:
+              root: "/"
+      `}
+    </CodeBlock>
+  ),
+};
+export const TemplateLiteralJavascript: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <CodeBlock language="javascript" lines>
+      {`
+        function greet(name) {
+          console.log("Hello " + name);
+        }
+
+        greet("Mintlify");
+      `}
+    </CodeBlock>
+  ),
+};
+export const TemplateLiteralWithEmptyLines: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <CodeBlock language="bash" lines>
+      {`
+
+        npm install
+
+        npm run build
+
+      `}
+    </CodeBlock>
+  ),
+};
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.tsx
index 61ac677..0f899cf 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/code-block/code-block.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ReactNode, RefObject } from "react";
 
 import { Classes } from "@/constants/selectors";
 import { cn } from "@/utils/cn";
+import { dedent } from "@/utils/dedent";
 import { getNodeText } from "@/utils/get-node-text";
 import type { CodeBlockTheme, CodeStyling } from "@/utils/shiki/code-styling";
 
@@ -98,7 +99,12 @@ const CodeBlock = function CodeBlock(params: CodeBlockProps) {
     copyButtonProps,
   } = params;
 
-  const codeString = getNodeText(children);
+  let codeString = getNodeText(children);
+
+  if (typeof codeString === "string") {
+    codeString = dedent(codeString);
+  }
+
   const hasGrayBackgroundContainer = !!filename || !!icon;
 
   return (
@@ -146,13 +152,16 @@ const CodeBlock = function CodeBlock(params: CodeBlockProps) {
           {askAiButton && askAiButton}
         </div>
       )}
+
       <BaseCodeBlock
         codeBlockTheme={codeBlockTheme}
         codeBlockThemeObject={codeBlockThemeObject}
         hideAskAiButton={hideAskAiButton}
         isSmallText={isSmallText}
         {...params}
-      />
+      >
+        {codeString}
+      </BaseCodeBlock>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/dedent.ts b/packages/components/src/utils/dedent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7311d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/dedent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const INDENT_REGEX = /^[ ]*/;
+
+export function dedent(code: string): string {
+  const lines = code.split("\n");
+
+  while (lines.length && lines[0].trim() === "") {
+    lines.shift();
+  }
+
+  while (lines.length && lines.at(-1)?.trim() === "") {
+    lines.pop();
+  }
+
+  if (lines.length === 0) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  const indents = lines
+    .filter((line) => line.trim().length > 0)
+    .map((line) => line.match(INDENT_REGEX)?.[0].length ?? 0);
+
+  const minIndent = Math.min(...indents);
+
+  return lines.map((line) => line.slice(minIndent)).join("\n");
+}
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