diff --git a/features/markdown.feature b/features/markdown.feature
index 7aedbe44..a3803233 100644
--- a/features/markdown.feature
+++ b/features/markdown.feature
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Feature: Markdown
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And I should see "Index" in "_site/index.html"
-    And I should see "<h1 id='my_title'>My Title</h1>" in "_site/2009/03/27/hackers.html"
-    And I should see "<h1 id='my_title'>My Title</h1>" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "<h1 id=\"my_title\">My Title</h1>" in "_site/2009/03/27/hackers.html"
+    And I should see "<h1 id=\"my_title\">My Title</h1>" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Markdown in pagination on index
     Given I have a configuration file with "paginate" set to "5"
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ Feature: Markdown
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And I should see "Index" in "_site/index.html"
-    And I should see "<h1 id='my_title'>My Title</h1>" in "_site/index.html"
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    And I should see "<h1 id=\"my_title\">My Title</h1>" in "_site/index.html"
+    
diff --git a/features/site_configuration.feature b/features/site_configuration.feature
index 4f807eae..4052315d 100644
--- a/features/site_configuration.feature
+++ b/features/site_configuration.feature
@@ -67,28 +67,28 @@ Feature: Site configuration
     And I have a configuration file with "markdown" set to "rdiscount"
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "<a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Use Kramdown for markup
     Given I have an "index.markdown" page that contains "[Google](http://google.com)"
     And I have a configuration file with "markdown" set to "kramdown"
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "<a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Use Redcarpet for markup
     Given I have an "index.markdown" page that contains "[Google](http://google.com)"
     And I have a configuration file with "markdown" set to "redcarpet"
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "<a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Use Maruku for markup
     Given I have an "index.markdown" page that contains "[Google](http://google.com)"
     And I have a configuration file with "markdown" set to "maruku"
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "<a href='http://google.com'>Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "<a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a>" in "_site/index.html"
 
   Scenario: Highlight code with pygments
     Given I have an "index.html" file that contains "{% highlight ruby %} puts 'Hello world!' {% endhighlight %}"
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 729b46b1..dcd7da43 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency('liquid', "~> 2.5.2")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('classifier', "~> 1.3")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('listen', "~> 1.3")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('maruku', "~> 0.6.0")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('maruku', "~> 0.7.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.5.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('commander', "~> 4.1.3")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.9.7")
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/maruku_parser.rb b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/maruku_parser.rb
index 74f9289f..ad9834cf 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/maruku_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/maruku_parser.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Jekyll
         end
 
         def convert(content)
-          converted = Maruku.new(content, :error_stream => @errors).to_html
+          converted = Maruku.new(content, :error_stream => @errors).to_html.strip
           print_errors_and_fail unless @errors.empty?
           converted
         end
diff --git a/test/test_excerpt.rb b/test/test_excerpt.rb
index 234d51ba..410e9e75 100644
--- a/test/test_excerpt.rb
+++ b/test/test_excerpt.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestExcerpt < Test::Unit::TestCase
         end
 
         should "be the first paragraph of the page" do
-          assert_equal "<p>First paragraph with <a href='http://www.jekyllrb.com/'>link ref</a>.</p>", @extracted_excerpt.content
+          assert_equal "<p>First paragraph with <a href=\"http://www.jekyllrb.com/\">link ref</a>.</p>", @extracted_excerpt.content
         end
 
         should "link properly" do
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index 57979c65..a61fc674 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
         end
 
         should "return rendered HTML" do
-          assert_equal "<p>First paragraph with <a href='http://www.jekyllrb.com/'>link ref</a>.</p>",
+          assert_equal "<p>First paragraph with <a href=\"http://www.jekyllrb.com/\">link ref</a>.</p>",
                        @post.excerpt
         end
 
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 07547900..0368c6db 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ CONTENT
       end
 
       should "write script tag" do
-        assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js'>\s</script>", @result
+        assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js'><![CDATA[\s]]></script>", @result
       end
     end
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ CONTENT
         end
 
         should "write script tag with specific file in gist" do
-          assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js?file=#{@filename}'>\s</script>", @result
+          assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js?file=#{@filename}'><![CDATA[\s]]></script>", @result
         end
       end
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ CONTENT
       end
 
       should "write script tag with specific file in gist" do
-        assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js?file=#{@filename}'>\s</script>", @result
+        assert_match "<script src='https://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js?file=#{@filename}'><![CDATA[\s]]></script>", @result
       end
     end