diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index fd20ec8d..015fe83b 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     * Removed importers/migrators from main project, migrated to jekyll-import sub-gem (#793)
     * Added ability to render drafts in _drafts folder via command line (#833)
   * Minor Enhancements
+    * Upgrade version of pygments.rb to 0.4.2 (#927)
     * Added short month (e.g. "Sep") to permalink style options for posts (#890)
     * Expose site.baseurl to Liquid templates (#869)
     * Adds excerpt attribute to posts which contains first paragraph of content (#837)
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 0c1b771e..b9d23a11 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency('directory_watcher', "~> 1.4.1")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('maruku', "~> 0.5")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('kramdown', "~> 0.14")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.3.2")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.4.2")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('commander', "~> 4.1.3")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.7.0")