diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bad5e798..c51ca6129 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "history": "3.0.0",
     "isomorphic-style-loader": "1.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "7.1.9",
-    "markdown-it": "7.0.1",
+    "markdown-it": "12.3.2",
     "node-fetch": "1.6.0",
     "normalize.css": "4.2.0",
     "passport": "0.3.2",