diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6df37b82395..1136de6997e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ gem 'rack-attack', '~> 6.6'
 gem 'rack-cors', '~> 1.1', require: 'rack/cors'
 gem 'rails-i18n', '~> 6.0'
 gem 'rails-settings-cached', '~> 0.6'
-gem 'redcarpet', '~> 3.5'
+gem 'redcarpet', '~> 3.6'
 gem 'redis', '~> 4.5', require: ['redis', 'redis/connection/hiredis']
 gem 'mario-redis-lock', '~> 1.2', require: 'redis_lock'
 gem 'rqrcode', '~> 2.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8228a3ca707..c8c1cbb7586 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ GEM
       link_header (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.8)
     rdf-normalize (0.5.1)
       rdf (~> 3.2)
-    redcarpet (3.5.1)
+    redcarpet (3.6.0)
     redis (4.5.1)
     redis-namespace (1.10.0)
       redis (>= 4)
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-i18n (~> 6.0)
   rails-settings-cached (~> 0.6)
   rdf-normalize (~> 0.5)
-  redcarpet (~> 3.5)
+  redcarpet (~> 3.6)
   redis (~> 4.5)
   redis-namespace (~> 1.10)
   rexml (~> 3.2)