diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 476a1e7..17fb26e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Markdown==3.1
+Markdown==3.8.1
 python-gettext==4.0
 pelican==4.0.1
 typogrify==2.0.7