diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 261d12c..4d479d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "level-compose": "^0.0.2",
     "level-js": "~4.0.0",
     "levelup": "~4.3.0",
-    "memdown": "~5.0.0",
+    "memdown": "~5.1.0",
     "tempy": "^0.3.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2"
   },