diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
index 89e6574eb6c..8d94c2a53de 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "dompurify": "^2.3.3",
     "highlight.js": "^10.4.1",
-    "markdown-it": "^12.2.0",
+    "markdown-it": "^12.3.2",
     "markdown-it-front-matter": "^0.2.1",
     "morphdom": "^2.6.1",
     "vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.4.4",
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
index 0c0734c7379..279b1a3cb03 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ markdown-it-front-matter@^0.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-front-matter/-/markdown-it-front-matter-0.2.1.tgz#dca49a827bb3cebb0528452c1d87dff276eb28dc"
   integrity sha512-ydUIqlKfDscRpRUTRcA3maeeUKn3Cl5EaKZSA+I/f0KOGCBurW7e+bbz59sxqkC3FA9Q2S2+t4mpkH9T0BCM6A==
 
-markdown-it@^12.2.0:
-  version "12.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-12.2.0.tgz#091f720fd5db206f80de7a8d1f1a7035fd0d38db"
-  integrity sha512-Wjws+uCrVQRqOoJvze4HCqkKl1AsSh95iFAeQDwnyfxM09divCBSXlDR1uTvyUP3Grzpn4Ru8GeCxYPM8vkCQg==
+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 "^2.0.1"
     entities "~2.1.0"