diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5bcb94fd2a4c4148e4b78c794a42cac018910193..dfc6e4f92f3c86314e0d478f26471df7df194071 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "semver": "5.4.1",
     "semver-stable": "2.0.4",
     "semver-utils": "1.1.1",
-    "showdown": "1.8.3",
+    "showdown": "1.8.4",
     "tmp-promise": "1.0.4",
     "traverse": "0.6.6",
     "upath": "1.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2ccc02341ba2b0dffc6e8269f0905300fe7676de..6fb4f470a5a49f6c840564afb077e57290a5426b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4903,9 +4903,9 @@ shellwords@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"
 
-showdown@1.8.3:
-  version "1.8.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/showdown/-/showdown-1.8.3.tgz#644dd3c8f9432c7744c49b45e9a198a01719435e"
+showdown@1.8.4:
+  version "1.8.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/showdown/-/showdown-1.8.4.tgz#f0e82567f15f3e40b92d886c071b55386cb0e2ce"
   dependencies:
     yargs "^10.0.3"