diff --git a/zanata-war/pom.xml b/zanata-war/pom.xml
index 759553a3f0..9da8fa7b6c 100644
--- a/zanata-war/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-war/pom.xml
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.webjars.bower</groupId>
       <artifactId>commonmark</artifactId>
-      <version>0.18.1</version>
+      <version>0.19.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/util/CommonMarkRenderer.java b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/util/CommonMarkRenderer.java
index 6cc79df378..6bbaff90b4 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/util/CommonMarkRenderer.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/util/CommonMarkRenderer.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class CommonMarkRenderer {
 
     // TODO when upgrading, use org.apache.servicemix.tooling:depends-maven-plugin to
     // generate dependencies.properties and get the correct version.
-    private static final String VER = "0.18.1";
+    private static final String VER = "0.19.0";
     private static final String SCRIPT_NAME = "commonmark/" +
             VER + "/dist/commonmark.js";
     private static final String RESOURCE_NAME = "META-INF/resources/webjars/" +