diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d657fac5..ca7fa9e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0" # This is currently a fixed dummy version.
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
-    "markdown==3.7",
+    "markdown==3.8.1",
     "pyrdfa3==3.5.3",
     "rdflib==6.1.1",
     "requests==2.32.4",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 040f0335..43e20cf4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "markdown", specifier = "==3.7" },
+    { name = "markdown", specifier = "==3.8.1" },
     { name = "pyrdfa3", specifier = "==3.5.3" },
     { name = "rdflib", specifier = "==6.1.1" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = "==2.32.4" },
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ wheels = [
 
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 name = "markdown"
-version = "3.7"
+version = "3.8.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "importlib-metadata", marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'" },
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/50/34/3d1ff0cb4843a33817d06800e9383a2b2a2df4d508e37f53a40e829905d9/markdown-3.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:46cc0c0f1e5211ab2e9d453582f0b28a1bfaf058a9f7d5c50386b99b588d8811", size = 106642, upload-time = "2025-06-18T14:50:48.52Z" },
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