diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b8222d0..f1927e4f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ html5lib==1.0b3
 ipython==2.3.0
 lamson==1.3.4
 lockfile==0.10.2
-markdown2==2.3.0
+markdown2==2.4.0
 mock==1.0.1
 nose==1.3.4
 python-daemon==2.2.0