diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fed3661ea0c243369a0ee991628cf230cbcc4c28..e9d5c7e63512c9360bef8ca8fb567e2033edd831 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "semver": "5.4.1",
     "semver-stable": "2.0.4",
     "semver-utils": "1.1.1",
-    "showdown": "1.7.6",
+    "showdown": "1.8.0",
     "tmp-promise": "1.0.3",
     "traverse": "0.6.6",
     "yarn": "1.2.1"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 545b5a453ad000cf4c926daceb55a0d0aeb251e3..7e5fe6f03ca4a3711f3b6b8672f398a0b7cb98e9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4773,9 +4773,9 @@ shellwords@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"
 
-showdown@1.7.6:
-  version "1.7.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/showdown/-/showdown-1.7.6.tgz#ac3d3de9bec712372d0406487476ad97a27b4c34"
+showdown@1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/showdown/-/showdown-1.8.0.tgz#8294d3cf42a51eb17b7f595d82ef95d5122412ad"
   dependencies:
     yargs "^9.0.1"