diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e277cea..e53554b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Fabric3==1.12.post1
 pelican==3.7.1
-Markdown==2.6.7
+Markdown==3.8.1
 beautifulsoup4==4.4.1
 pycrypto==2.6.1
 webassets==0.12.1