diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/components/markdown.css b/packages/session-ui/src/components/markdown.css
index c2bb351fd6f..2240aac50fd 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/components/markdown.css
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/components/markdown.css
@@ -410,12 +410,14 @@
     text-underline-offset: 2px;
   }
 
-  /* Tables: same frame, header and rows as generated UI tables (genui.css) */
+  /* Tables: the Console's data table, a raised body inside a muted frame that also holds the header */
   [data-component="markdown-table"] {
     margin: 16px 0;
     overflow-x: auto;
-    border: 0.5px solid var(--v2-border-border-muted);
+    padding: 2px;
     border-radius: 6px;
+    background: var(--v2-background-bg-layer-01);
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 0.5px var(--v2-border-border-muted);
   }
 
   table {
@@ -430,23 +432,47 @@
     letter-spacing: -0.04px;
   }
 
+  tbody {
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    background: var(--v2-background-bg-base);
+    box-shadow: var(--v2-elevation-raised);
+  }
+
   th,
   td {
-    padding: 8px 12px;
-    border-bottom: 0.5px solid var(--v2-border-border-muted);
     text-align: start;
     vertical-align: top;
   }
 
   th {
-    border-bottom-color: var(--v2-border-border-base);
-    background: var(--v2-background-bg-layer-01);
-    color: var(--v2-text-text-muted);
-    font-weight: 530;
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    color: var(--v2-text-text-faint);
+    font-weight: 500;
+    user-select: none;
   }
 
-  tr:last-child td {
-    border-bottom: 0;
+  td {
+    padding: 10px 12px;
+  }
+
+  tbody tr:not(:last-child) td {
+    border-bottom: 0.5px solid var(--v2-border-border-muted);
+  }
+
+  tbody tr:first-child td:first-child {
+    border-start-start-radius: 4px;
+  }
+
+  tbody tr:first-child td:last-child {
+    border-start-end-radius: 4px;
+  }
+
+  tbody tr:last-child td:first-child {
+    border-end-start-radius: 4px;
+  }
+
+  tbody tr:last-child td:last-child {
+    border-end-end-radius: 4px;
   }
 
   /* Images */