diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
index 7bcf7ca8641..19bd9ef8b1a 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"highlight.js": "9.15.8",
-		"markdown-it": "^8.4.2",
+		"markdown-it": "^9.1.0",
 		"markdown-it-front-matter": "^0.1.2",
 		"vscode-extension-telemetry": "0.1.1",
 		"vscode-nls": "^4.0.0"
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
index a1b876e7dc8..ef0f5af89e6 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/yarn.lock
@@ -3900,10 +3900,10 @@ markdown-it-front-matter@^0.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it-front-matter/-/markdown-it-front-matter-0.1.2.tgz#e50bf56e77e6a4f5ac4ffa894d4d45ccd9896b20"
   integrity sha1-5Qv1bnfmpPWsT/qJTU1FzNmJayA=
 
-markdown-it@^8.4.2:
-  version "8.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-8.4.2.tgz#386f98998dc15a37722aa7722084f4020bdd9b54"
-  integrity sha512-GcRz3AWTqSUphY3vsUqQSFMbgR38a4Lh3GWlHRh/7MRwz8mcu9n2IO7HOh+bXHrR9kOPDl5RNCaEsrneb+xhHQ==
+markdown-it@^9.1.2:
+  version "9.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-9.1.0.tgz#df9601c168568704d554b1fff9af0c5b561168d9"
+  integrity sha512-xHKG4C8iPriyfu/jc2hsCC045fKrMQ0VexX2F1FGYiRxDxqMB2aAhF8WauJ3fltn2kb90moGBkiiEdooGIg55w==
   dependencies:
     argparse "^1.0.7"
     entities "~1.1.1"