diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9f87a4a9b6a..e53e32ca5d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/gohugoio/hugo
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/locker v0.0.0-20171006230638-a6e239ea1c69
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1
-	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.11.1
+	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.48.6
 	github.com/bep/clocks v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49a3ea5b40f..335e260dad2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbt
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 h1:d+Bc7a5rLufV/sSk/8dngufqelfh6jnri85riMAaF/M=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.1 h1:XivOgYcduV98QCahG8T5XTezV5bylXe+lBxLG2K2ink=
-github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.11.1 h1:m9uUtgcdAwgfFNxuqj7AIG75jD2YmL61BBIJWtdzJPs=
-github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.11.1/go.mod h1:4TQu7gdfuPjSh76j78ietmqh9LiurGF0EpseFXdKMBw=
+github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Wh8qLEgMMsN7mgyG8/qIpegky2Hvzr4By6gEF7cmWgw=
+github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:4TQu7gdfuPjSh76j78ietmqh9LiurGF0EpseFXdKMBw=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0 h1:HAzS41CIzNW5syS8Mf9UwXhNH1J9aix/BvDRf1Ml2Yk=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 h1:F4z6KzEeeQIMeLFa97iZU6vupzoecKdU5TX24SNppXI=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=