diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a84059e..14f95ed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ gfm==0.0.3
 gunicorn==19.1.1
 kombu==3.0.26
 Mako==1.0.1
-Markdown==2.4.1
+Markdown==3.8.1
 MarkupSafe==0.23
 mock==1.0.1
 pdoc==0.3.1