diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ead2bf2c2..71b5055483 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1237,9 +1237,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "comrak"
-version = "0.39.1"
+version = "0.40.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fefab951771fc3beeed0773ce66a4f7b706273fc6c4c95b08dd1615744abcf5"
+checksum = "32c3278f396e5707769a68bc0943e9b8f84a172836b173827810918279621747"
 dependencies = [
  "bon",
  "caseless",
diff --git a/crates/crates_io_markdown/Cargo.toml b/crates/crates_io_markdown/Cargo.toml
index 0ab7bfebee..b641c75c73 100644
--- a/crates/crates_io_markdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/crates_io_markdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 ammonia = "=4.1.1"
-comrak = { version = "=0.39.1", default-features = false, features = ["bon"] }
+comrak = { version = "=0.40.0", default-features = false, features = ["bon"] }
 htmlescape = "=0.3.1"
 url = "=2.5.4"