diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de4615a..a6a552b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.17"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "21e27d6220ce21f80ce5c4201f23a37c6f1ad037c72c9d1ff215c2919605a5d6"
+checksum = "4e61c5c85b392273c4d4ea546e6399ace3e3db172ab01b6de8f3d398d1dbd2ec"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-id",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 072d540..1c850b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ lazy_static = "1"
 libcnb-common = "=0.22.0"
 libcnb-data = "=0.22.0"
 libcnb-package = "=0.22.0"
-markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.17"
+markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.18"
 regex = "1"
 semver = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }