diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4075fae..72be135 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "comrak"
-version = "0.38.0"
+version = "0.40.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f690706b5db081dccea6206d7f6d594bb9895599abea9d1a0539f13888781ae8"
+checksum = "32c3278f396e5707769a68bc0943e9b8f84a172836b173827810918279621747"
 dependencies = [
  "caseless",
  "entities",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 08a9f62..0a2b2a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.37", default-features = false, features = [
   "help",
   "usage",
 ] }
-comrak = { version = "0.38.0", default-features = false }
+comrak = { version = "0.40.0", default-features = false }
 const-hex = "1.14"
 const_format = "0.2"
 flate2 = "1.0"