diff --git a/packages/@vuepress/markdown/package.json b/packages/@vuepress/markdown/package.json
index 2aed3324..67fa6f7f 100644
--- a/packages/@vuepress/markdown/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vuepress/markdown/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@vuepress/shared-utils": "^1.2.0",
-    "markdown-it": "^8.4.1",
+    "markdown-it": "^12.3.2",
     "markdown-it-anchor": "^5.0.2",
     "markdown-it-chain": "^1.3.0",
     "markdown-it-emoji": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 403b5221..4ed50019 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2839,6 +2839,11 @@ argparse@^1.0.7:
   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==
+
 arr-diff@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arr-diff/-/arr-diff-4.0.0.tgz#d6461074febfec71e7e15235761a329a5dc7c520"
@@ -5186,14 +5191,14 @@ enhanced-resolve@^4.1.0:
     memory-fs "^0.4.0"
     tapable "^1.0.0"
 
-entities@^1.1.1, entities@~1.1.1:
+entities@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-1.1.2.tgz#bdfa735299664dfafd34529ed4f8522a275fea56"
 
-entities@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.0.0.tgz#68d6084cab1b079767540d80e56a39b423e4abf4"
-  integrity sha512-D9f7V0JSRwIxlRI2mjMqufDrRDnx8p+eEOz7aUM9SuvF8gsBzra0/6tbjl1m8eQHrZlYj6PxqE00hZ1SAIKPLw==
+entities@^2.0.0, 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"
@@ -8030,9 +8035,10 @@ lines-and-columns@^1.1.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lines-and-columns/-/lines-and-columns-1.1.6.tgz#1c00c743b433cd0a4e80758f7b64a57440d9ff00"
   integrity sha1-HADHQ7QzzQpOgHWPe2SldEDZ/wA=
 
-linkify-it@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-2.1.0.tgz#c4caf38a6cd7ac2212ef3c7d2bde30a91561f9db"
+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"
 
@@ -8451,13 +8457,14 @@ markdown-it-table-of-contents@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-table-of-contents/-/markdown-it-table-of-contents-0.4.4.tgz#3dc7ce8b8fc17e5981c77cc398d1782319f37fbc"
 
-markdown-it@^8.4.1:
-  version "8.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-8.4.2.tgz#386f98998dc15a37722aa7722084f4020bdd9b54"
+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"