diff --git a/govspeak.gemspec b/govspeak.gemspec
index 10ce54c..f56a0d0 100644
--- a/govspeak.gemspec
+++ b/govspeak.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ library for use in the UK Government Single Domain project}
   s.test_files    = Dir['test/**/*']
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  s.add_dependency 'kramdown', '~> 1.5.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'kramdown', '~> 1.10.0'
   s.add_dependency 'htmlentities', '~> 4'
   s.add_dependency "sanitize", "~> 2.1.0"
   s.add_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.5'