diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8ec05d35..645eda1c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "gunicorn==20.1.0",
     "indic-transliteration==2.3.31",
     "linkify-it-py==2.0.0",
-    "markdown-it-py==2.1.0",
+    "markdown-it-py==4.0.0",
     "markupsafe==2.1.1",
     "pillow>=12.0.0",
     "pymupdf==1.26.5",