diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc7bd09..0f219aa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 docutils
 h11
-Markdown == 2.6.7
+Markdown == 3.8.1
 parsedatetime
 ply
 wsproto
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dad2a5e..efc08ee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'docutils',
         'h11',
-        'Markdown==2.6.7',
+        'Markdown==3.8.1',
         'parsedatetime',
         'ply',
         'wsproto',