diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc5232e4ed..7add42805c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "knex": "0.19.0",
     "knex-migrator": "3.3.2",
     "lodash": "4.17.14",
-    "markdown-it": "8.4.2",
+    "markdown-it": "9.0.1",
     "markdown-it-footnote": "3.0.2",
     "markdown-it-lazy-headers": "0.1.3",
     "markdown-it-mark": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 89a456dbd8..03eec6f412 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4738,9 +4738,10 @@ markdown-it-mark@2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-mark/-/markdown-it-mark-2.0.0.tgz#46a1aa947105aed8188978e0a016179e404f42c7"
 
-markdown-it@8.4.2:
-  version "8.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-8.4.2.tgz#386f98998dc15a37722aa7722084f4020bdd9b54"
+markdown-it@9.0.1:
+  version "9.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-9.0.1.tgz#aafe363c43718720b6575fd10625cde6e4ff2d47"
+  integrity sha512-XC9dMBHg28Xi7y5dPuLjM61upIGPJG8AiHNHYqIaXER2KNnn7eKnM5/sF0ImNnyoV224Ogn9b1Pck8VH4k0bxw==
   dependencies:
     argparse "^1.0.7"
     entities "~1.1.1"