diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 982f25ca5..00fddec67 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Markdown==3.7
 phpserialize==1.3.0 # phpserialize is only required during the migration
 psycopg2==2.9.10
 pyjwt==1.7.1
-pymdown-extensions==10.7.1
+pymdown-extensions==10.16.1
 pyproj==3.6.1
 pyramid-jwtauth==0.1.3
 pyramid==1.10.8