diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a86c10f..a88a43c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ appveyor = { repository = "mgeisler/version-sync" }
 codecov = { repository = "mgeisler/version-sync" }
 
 [dependencies]
-pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
+pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 semver-parser = "0.9"
 syn = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["span-locations"] }