diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 75c1148..4ffbe61 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gunicorn==19.6.0
 ipdb==0.10.2
 ipython==5.1.0
 ipython-genutils==0.1.0
-Markdown==2.6.7
+Markdown==2.6.9
 # Pinned to mock 1.0.1 because of setuptools version conflict
 # https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/issues/261#issuecomment-120880453
 mock==1.0.1