diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1d75e542f..97d7aae77 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
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         "jbrowse": "github:GMOD/jbrowse#759433708fe59e2c0a09e781cf93dc7ec4670461",
         "jquery": "^3.7.1",
-        "markdown-it": "^14.1.0",
+        "markdown-it": "^14.3.1",
         "markdown-it-link-attributes": "^4.0.1",
         "morgan": "^1.11.0",
         "MultiBigWig": "github:BV-BRC/multibigwig#master",
@@ -14906,9 +14906,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1TGiQiJVRQ3NPmZH6sx5Cfnmg6GQm9jvC1ch4TK511NjSJvjzKLzn5pPfZRNZkRPZP0HqCioSndqH8v2nRaWVQ==",
+      "version": "14.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4Ej49aYTDFIQ+uBkfX8GBvJGccoARxxPep+7aWTs55ozbjQJpW9M26Fe53vnGgvLeVzva/amzjQQaQu9w0vMhA==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -14922,8 +14922,8 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "argparse": "^2.0.1",
-        "entities": "^4.4.0",
-        "linkify-it": "^5.0.1",
+        "entities": "^4.5.0",
+        "linkify-it": "^5.0.2",
         "mdurl": "^2.0.0",
         "punycode.js": "^2.3.1",
         "uc.micro": "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30b3b0830..f9cc20ebe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "httpntlm": "^1.8.13",
     "jbrowse": "github:GMOD/jbrowse#759433708fe59e2c0a09e781cf93dc7ec4670461",
     "jquery": "^3.7.1",
-    "markdown-it": "^14.1.0",
+    "markdown-it": "^14.3.1",
     "markdown-it-link-attributes": "^4.0.1",
     "morgan": "^1.11.0",
     "MultiBigWig": "github:BV-BRC/multibigwig#master",