diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1621a3ab0..1ed3246fc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gem 'messagebus_ruby_api', '1.0.3'
 
 gem 'nokogiri',       '1.6.0'
 gem 'rails_autolink', '1.1.0'
-gem 'redcarpet',      '2.3.0'
+gem 'redcarpet',      '3.0.0'
 gem 'roxml',          '3.1.6'
 gem 'ruby-oembed',    '0.8.8'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5d753c6bd..9cbf8578b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ GEM
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     rdoc (3.12.2)
       json (~> 1.4)
-    redcarpet (2.3.0)
+    redcarpet (3.0.0)
     redis (3.0.4)
     redis-namespace (1.3.0)
       redis (~> 3.0.0)
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails_autolink (= 1.1.0)
   rb-fsevent (= 0.9.3)
   rb-inotify (= 0.9.0)
-  redcarpet (= 2.3.0)
+  redcarpet (= 3.0.0)
   remotipart (= 1.2.1)
   rmagick (= 2.13.2)
   roxml (= 3.1.6)