diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 3dedc7c49076..9c49c61e2fa0 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Library
                  tagsoup >= 0.13.1 && < 0.14,
                  base64-bytestring >= 0.1 && < 1.1,
                  zlib >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
-                 highlighting-kate >= 0.5.12 && < 0.6,
+                 highlighting-kate >= 0.5.13 && < 0.6,
                  data-default >= 0.4 && < 0.6,
                  temporary >= 1.1 && < 1.3,
                  blaze-html >= 0.5 && < 0.9,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Executable pandoc
                  text >= 0.11 && < 1.3,
                  bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
                  extensible-exceptions >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
-                 highlighting-kate >= 0.5.12 && < 0.6,
+                 highlighting-kate >= 0.5.13 && < 0.6,
                  aeson >= 0.7.0.5 && < 0.9,
                  yaml >= 0.8.8.2 && < 0.9,
                  containers >= 0.1 && < 0.6,
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Test-Suite test-pandoc
                   directory >= 1 && < 1.3,
                   filepath >= 1.1 && < 1.5,
                   process >= 1 && < 1.3,
-                  highlighting-kate >= 0.5.12 && < 0.6,
+                  highlighting-kate >= 0.5.13 && < 0.6,
                   Diff >= 0.2 && < 0.4,
                   test-framework >= 0.3 && < 0.9,
                   test-framework-hunit >= 0.2 && < 0.4,