diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cfd33f2..bfe83ee 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'yard'
-  gem 'redcarpet', "~>1.17.2"
+  gem 'redcarpet', "~>3.5.1"
   gem 'github-markup'
   gem 'sqlite3'
   gem 'timecop'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e5af614..c08fee8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ GEM
     rake (0.9.2.2)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
-    redcarpet (1.17.2)
+    redcarpet (3.5.1)
     redis (3.0.2)
     redis-namespace (1.2.1)
       redis (~> 3.0.0)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   github-markup
   innsights!
   rake
-  redcarpet (~> 1.17.2)
+  redcarpet (~> 3.5.1)
   rspec
   rspec-rails
   sqlite3