diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e853b35d..cf434216 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pelican==3.6.3
-Markdown==2.6.6
+Markdown==3.8.1
 pillow
 python-twitter
 bs4