diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 225d28973..bc4aad1f9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ python-memcached==1.59
 feedparser==6.0.10
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 html2text==2020.1.16
-markdown2==2.4.5
+markdown2==2.4.8
 oauth2client==4.1.3
 psycopg2cffi==2.9.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2