diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
index d5da4b5aef617..aaf65ed213143 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"highlight.js": "9.13.1",
-		"markdown-it": "^8.4.2",
+		"markdown-it": "^10.0.0",
 		"markdown-it-front-matter": "^0.1.2",
 		"vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.1.1",
 		"vscode-nls": "^4.0.0"