diff --git a/gitit.cabal b/gitit.cabal
index be7e1d0d0..1a0815ec2 100644
--- a/gitit.cabal
+++ b/gitit.cabal
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Library
                      mtl,
                      old-time,
                      temporary,
-                     pandoc >= 2.9 && < 2.20 || >= 3.0 && < 3.8,
+                     pandoc >= 2.9 && < 2.20 || >= 3.0 && < 3.9,
                      pandoc-types >= 1.20 && < 1.24,
                      skylighting >= 0.8.2.3 && < 0.15,
                      bytestring,
diff --git a/src/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs b/src/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
index 7537ab6e1..2656b647d 100644
--- a/src/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ pandocToHtml pandocContents = do
                                  MathJax u -> Pandoc.MathJax $ T.pack u
                                  RawTeX -> Pandoc.PlainMath
                       , writerTableOfContents = toc
-                      , writerHighlightStyle = Just pygments
+                      , writerHighlightMethod = Skylighting pygments
                       , writerExtensions = if bird
                                               then enableExtension Ext_literate_haskell
                                                    $ writerExtensions def