diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index bdf2fb23..ac20e0b5 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency('mercenary', "~> 0.2.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 1.0")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('colorator', "~> 0.1")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('redcarpet', "~> 3.0")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('redcarpet', "~> 3.1")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('toml', '~> 0.1.0')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('sass', '~> 3.2')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('jekyll-coffeescript', '~> 1.0')