diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d661df4ce..3f5f7af51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         "jstree": "3.3.11",
         "jstree-actions": "0.2.1",
         "langcodes": "dimagi/langcodes#master",
-        "markdown-it": "12.3.2",
+        "markdown-it": "14.1.0",
         "require-css": "0.1.10",
         "requirejs": "2.3.6",
         "requirejs-plugins": "1.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1519f5bfc..ffdc6dbda 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -659,11 +659,16 @@ entities@1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-1.0.0.tgz#b2987aa3821347fcde642b24fdfc9e4fb712bf26"
   integrity sha1-sph6o4ITR/zeZCsk/fyeT7cSvyY=
 
-entities@^2.0.0, entities@~2.1.0:
+entities@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.1.0.tgz#992d3129cf7df6870b96c57858c249a120f8b8b5"
   integrity sha512-hCx1oky9PFrJ611mf0ifBLBRW8lUUVRlFolb5gWRfIELabBlbp9xZvrqZLZAs+NxFnbfQoeGd8wDkygjg7U85w==
 
+entities@^4.4.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-4.5.0.tgz#5d268ea5e7113ec74c4d033b79ea5a35a488fb48"
+  integrity sha512-V0hjH4dGPh9Ao5p0MoRY6BVqtwCjhz6vI5LT8AJ55H+4g9/4vbHx1I54fS0XuclLhDHArPQCiMjDxjaL8fPxhw==
+
 equivalent-xml-js@dimagi/equivalent-xml-js#v0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/dimagi/equivalent-xml-js/tar.gz/054c06e50f42452512dd555c828d08e87e76f6b5"
@@ -1600,12 +1605,12 @@ liftup@~3.0.1:
     rechoir "^0.7.0"
     resolve "^1.19.0"
 
-linkify-it@^3.0.1:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-3.0.2.tgz#f55eeb8bc1d3ae754049e124ab3bb56d97797fb8"
-  integrity sha512-gDBO4aHNZS6coiZCKVhSNh43F9ioIL4JwRjLZPkoLIY4yZFwg264Y5lu2x6rb1Js42Gh6Yqm2f6L2AJcnkzinQ==
+linkify-it@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-5.0.0.tgz#9ef238bfa6dc70bd8e7f9572b52d369af569b421"
+  integrity sha512-5aHCbzQRADcdP+ATqnDuhhJ/MRIqDkZX5pyjFHRRysS8vZ5AbqGEoFIb6pYHPZ+L/OC2Lc+xT8uHVVR5CAK/wQ==
   dependencies:
-    uc.micro "^1.0.1"
+    uc.micro "^2.0.0"
 
 livereload-js@^2.3.0:
   version "2.4.0"
@@ -1656,26 +1661,27 @@ map-cache@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/map-cache/-/map-cache-0.2.2.tgz#c32abd0bd6525d9b051645bb4f26ac5dc98a0dbf"
   integrity sha1-wyq9C9ZSXZsFFkW7TyasXcmKDb8=
 
-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==
+markdown-it@14.1.0:
+  version "14.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.1.0.tgz#3c3c5992883c633db4714ccb4d7b5935d98b7d45"
+  integrity sha512-a54IwgWPaeBCAAsv13YgmALOF1elABB08FxO9i+r4VFk5Vl4pKokRPeX8u5TCgSsPi6ec1otfLjdOpVcgbpshg==
   dependencies:
     argparse "^2.0.1"
-    entities "~2.1.0"
-    linkify-it "^3.0.1"
-    mdurl "^1.0.1"
-    uc.micro "^1.0.5"
+    entities "^4.4.0"
+    linkify-it "^5.0.0"
+    mdurl "^2.0.0"
+    punycode.js "^2.3.1"
+    uc.micro "^2.1.0"
 
 mdn-data@2.0.14:
   version "2.0.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mdn-data/-/mdn-data-2.0.14.tgz#7113fc4281917d63ce29b43446f701e68c25ba50"
   integrity sha512-dn6wd0uw5GsdswPFfsgMp5NSB0/aDe6fK94YJV/AJDYXL6HVLWBsxeq7js7Ad+mU2K9LAlwpk6kN2D5mwCPVow==
 
-mdurl@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mdurl/-/mdurl-1.0.1.tgz#fe85b2ec75a59037f2adfec100fd6c601761152e"
-  integrity sha1-/oWy7HWlkDfyrf7BAP1sYBdhFS4=
+mdurl@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mdurl/-/mdurl-2.0.0.tgz#80676ec0433025dd3e17ee983d0fe8de5a2237e0"
+  integrity sha512-Lf+9+2r+Tdp5wXDXC4PcIBjTDtq4UKjCPMQhKIuzpJNW0b96kVqSwW0bT7FhRSfmAiFYgP+SCRvdrDozfh0U5w==
 
 micromatch@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.4"
@@ -2116,6 +2122,11 @@ pump@^3.0.0:
     end-of-stream "^1.1.0"
     once "^1.3.1"
 
+punycode.js@^2.3.1:
+  version "2.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/punycode.js/-/punycode.js-2.3.1.tgz#6b53e56ad75588234e79f4affa90972c7dd8cdb7"
+  integrity sha512-uxFIHU0YlHYhDQtV4R9J6a52SLx28BCjT+4ieh7IGbgwVJWO+km431c4yRlREUAsAmt/uMjQUyQHNEPf0M39CA==
+
 punycode@1.3.2:
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz#9653a036fb7c1ee42342f2325cceefea3926c48d"
@@ -2631,10 +2642,10 @@ type-detect@^4.0.0, type-detect@^4.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-detect/-/type-detect-4.0.8.tgz#7646fb5f18871cfbb7749e69bd39a6388eb7450c"
   integrity sha512-0fr/mIH1dlO+x7TlcMy+bIDqKPsw/70tVyeHW787goQjhmqaZe10uwLujubK9q9Lg6Fiho1KUKDYz0Z7k7g5/g==
 
-uc.micro@^1.0.1, uc.micro@^1.0.5:
-  version "1.0.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uc.micro/-/uc.micro-1.0.6.tgz#9c411a802a409a91fc6cf74081baba34b24499ac"
-  integrity sha512-8Y75pvTYkLJW2hWQHXxoqRgV7qb9B+9vFEtidML+7koHUFapnVJAZ6cKs+Qjz5Aw3aZWHMC6u0wJE3At+nSGwA==
+uc.micro@^2.0.0, uc.micro@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uc.micro/-/uc.micro-2.1.0.tgz#f8d3f7d0ec4c3dea35a7e3c8efa4cb8b45c9e7ee"
+  integrity sha512-ARDJmphmdvUk6Glw7y9DQ2bFkKBHwQHLi2lsaH6PPmz/Ka9sFOBsBluozhDltWmnv9u/cF6Rt87znRTPV+yp/A==
 
 unbzip2-stream@1.4.3:
   version "1.4.3"