diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ad024edeb..73effbfb29 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     "less-loader": "4.1.0",
     "lodash": "npm:@elastic/lodash@3.10.1-kibana1",
     "lru-cache": "4.1.1",
-    "markdown-it": "^8.4.1",
+    "markdown-it": "^12.3.2",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "0.4.4",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 1e77623677..f2ad7e0378 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     "lodash.uniqby": "^4.7.0",
     "lz-string": "^1.4.4",
     "mapbox-gl": "0.52.0",
-    "markdown-it": "^8.4.1",
+    "markdown-it": "^12.3.2",
     "mime": "^2.2.2",
     "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b7042ce21c..18e1fa831e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2999,19 +2999,17 @@ are-we-there-yet@~1.1.2:
     delegates "^1.0.0"
     readable-stream "^2.0.6"
 
-argparse@^1.0.2, argparse@~1.0.2:
+argparse@^1.0.2, argparse@^1.0.7, argparse@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz#bcd6791ea5ae09725e17e5ad988134cd40b3d911"
   integrity sha512-o5Roy6tNG4SL/FOkCAN6RzjiakZS25RLYFrcMttJqbdd8BWrnA+fGz57iN5Pb06pvBGvl5gQ0B48dJlslXvoTg==
   dependencies:
     sprintf-js "~1.0.2"
 
-argparse@^1.0.7:
-  version "1.0.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.9.tgz#73d83bc263f86e97f8cc4f6bae1b0e90a7d22c86"
-  integrity sha1-c9g7wmP4bpf4zE9rrhsOkKfSLIY=
-  dependencies:
-    sprintf-js "~1.0.2"
+argparse@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz#246f50f3ca78a3240f6c997e8a9bd1eac49e4b38"
+  integrity sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==
 
 argparse@~0.1.15:
   version "0.1.16"
@@ -7973,6 +7971,11 @@ entities@^1.1.1, entities@~1.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-1.1.1.tgz#6e5c2d0a5621b5dadaecef80b90edfb5cd7772f0"
   integrity sha1-blwtClYhtdra7O+AuQ7ftc13cvA=
 
+entities@~2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.1.0.tgz#992d3129cf7df6870b96c57858c249a120f8b8b5"
+  integrity sha512-hCx1oky9PFrJ611mf0ifBLBRW8lUUVRlFolb5gWRfIELabBlbp9xZvrqZLZAs+NxFnbfQoeGd8wDkygjg7U85w==
+
 env-paths@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/env-paths/-/env-paths-1.0.0.tgz#4168133b42bb05c38a35b1ae4397c8298ab369e0"
@@ -13875,10 +13878,10 @@ linebreak@^0.3.0:
     brfs "^1.3.0"
     unicode-trie "^0.3.0"
 
-linkify-it@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-2.0.3.tgz#d94a4648f9b1c179d64fa97291268bdb6ce9434f"
-  integrity sha1-2UpGSPmxwXnWT6lykSaL22zpQ08=
+linkify-it@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-3.0.3.tgz#a98baf44ce45a550efb4d49c769d07524cc2fa2e"
+  integrity sha512-ynTsyrFSdE5oZ/O9GEf00kPngmOfVwazR5GKDq6EYfhlpFug3J2zybX56a2PRRpc9P+FuSoGNAwjlbDs9jJBPQ==
   dependencies:
     uc.micro "^1.0.1"
 
@@ -14835,14 +14838,14 @@ markdown-escapes@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-escapes/-/markdown-escapes-1.0.1.tgz#1994df2d3af4811de59a6714934c2b2292734518"
   integrity sha1-GZTfLTr0gR3lmmcUk0wrIpJzRRg=
 
-markdown-it@^8.4.1:
-  version "8.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-8.4.2.tgz#386f98998dc15a37722aa7722084f4020bdd9b54"
-  integrity sha512-GcRz3AWTqSUphY3vsUqQSFMbgR38a4Lh3GWlHRh/7MRwz8mcu9n2IO7HOh+bXHrR9kOPDl5RNCaEsrneb+xhHQ==
+markdown-it@^12.3.2:
+  version "12.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-12.3.2.tgz#bf92ac92283fe983fe4de8ff8abfb5ad72cd0c90"
+  integrity sha512-TchMembfxfNVpHkbtriWltGWc+m3xszaRD0CZup7GFFhzIgQqxIfn3eGj1yZpfuflzPvfkt611B2Q/Bsk1YnGg==
   dependencies:
-    argparse "^1.0.7"
-    entities "~1.1.1"
-    linkify-it "^2.0.0"
+    argparse "^2.0.1"
+    entities "~2.1.0"
+    linkify-it "^3.0.1"
     mdurl "^1.0.1"
     uc.micro "^1.0.5"
 
@@ -16190,7 +16193,7 @@ one-time@0.0.4:
 
 onetime@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/onetime/-/onetime-1.1.0.tgz#a1f7838f8314c516f05ecefcbc4ccfe04b4ed789"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/onetime/-/onetime-1.1.0.tgz#a1f7838f8314c516f05ecefcbc4ccfe04b4ed789"
   integrity sha1-ofeDj4MUxRbwXs78vEzP4EtO14k=
 
 onetime@^2.0.0:
@@ -20963,7 +20966,7 @@ table@^3.7.8:
 
 table@^4.0.3:
   version "4.0.3"
-  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/table/-/table-4.0.3.tgz#00b5e2b602f1794b9acaf9ca908a76386a7813bc"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/table/-/table-4.0.3.tgz#00b5e2b602f1794b9acaf9ca908a76386a7813bc"
   integrity sha512-S7rnFITmBH1EnyKcvxBh1LjYeQMmnZtCXSEbHcH6S0NoKit24ZuFO/T1vDcLdYsLQkM188PVVhQmzKIuThNkKg==
   dependencies:
     ajv "^6.0.1"
@@ -24146,7 +24149,7 @@ yargs@4.8.1:
 
 yargs@^11.0.0:
   version "11.1.0"
-  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-11.1.0.tgz#90b869934ed6e871115ea2ff58b03f4724ed2d77"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-11.1.0.tgz#90b869934ed6e871115ea2ff58b03f4724ed2d77"
   integrity sha512-NwW69J42EsCSanF8kyn5upxvjp5ds+t3+udGBeTbFnERA+lF541DDpMawzo4z6W/QrzNM18D+BPMiOBibnFV5A==
   dependencies:
     cliui "^4.0.0"