diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c094f15b0..d408b8dd5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gem "js-routes",         "1.2.9"
 source "https://rails-assets.org" do
   gem "rails-assets-jquery",                              "2.2.4" # Should be kept in sync with jquery-rails
 
-  gem "rails-assets-markdown-it",                         "7.0.0"
+  gem "rails-assets-markdown-it",                         "8.0.0"
   gem "rails-assets-markdown-it-hashtag",                 "0.4.0"
   gem "rails-assets-markdown-it-diaspora-mention",        "1.0.0"
   gem "rails-assets-markdown-it-sanitizer",               "0.4.2"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index fff4919fb..15ed87850 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ GEM
     rails-assets-jquery.ui (1.11.4)
       rails-assets-jquery (>= 1.6)
     rails-assets-markdown-it--markdown-it-for-inline (0.1.1)
-    rails-assets-markdown-it (7.0.0)
+    rails-assets-markdown-it (8.0.0)
     rails-assets-markdown-it-diaspora-mention (1.0.0)
     rails-assets-markdown-it-hashtag (0.4.0)
     rails-assets-markdown-it-sanitizer (0.4.2)
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-assets-jquery (= 2.2.4)!
   rails-assets-jquery-placeholder (= 2.3.1)!
   rails-assets-jquery-textchange (= 0.2.3)!
-  rails-assets-markdown-it (= 7.0.0)!
+  rails-assets-markdown-it (= 8.0.0)!
   rails-assets-markdown-it--markdown-it-for-inline (= 0.1.1)!
   rails-assets-markdown-it-diaspora-mention (= 1.0.0)!
   rails-assets-markdown-it-hashtag (= 0.4.0)!