diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revision_letter/resources/revision_letter.tex b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revision_letter/resources/revision_letter.tex
index 7052c826..bbb5b8a0 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revision_letter/resources/revision_letter.tex
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revision_letter/resources/revision_letter.tex
@@ -171,26 +171,34 @@ \subsection{}
 
 
 $if(csl-refs)$
+% definitions for citeproc citations
+\NewDocumentCommand\citeproctext{}{}
+\NewDocumentCommand\citeproc{mm}{%
+  \begingroup\def\citeproctext{#2}\cite{#1}\endgroup}
+\makeatletter
+ % allow citations to break across lines
+ \let\@cite@ofmt\@firstofone
+ % avoid brackets around text for \cite:
+ \def\@biblabel#1{}
+ \def\@cite#1#2{{#1\if@tempswa , #2\fi}}
+\makeatother
 \newlength{\cslhangindent}
 \setlength{\cslhangindent}{1.5em}
 \newlength{\csllabelwidth}
 \setlength{\csllabelwidth}{3em}
-\newenvironment{CSLReferences}[2] % #1 hanging-ident, #2 entry spacing
- {% don't indent paragraphs
-  \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
+\newenvironment{CSLReferences}[2] % #1 hanging-indent, #2 entry-spacing
+ {\begin{list}{}{%
+  \setlength{\itemindent}{0pt}
+  \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
+  \setlength{\parsep}{0pt}
   % turn on hanging indent if param 1 is 1
-  \ifodd #1 \everypar{\setlength{\hangindent}{\cslhangindent}}\ignorespaces\fi
-  % set entry spacing
-  \ifnum #2 > 0
-  \setlength{\parskip}{#2\baselineskip}
+  \ifodd #1
+   \setlength{\leftmargin}{\cslhangindent}
+   \setlength{\itemindent}{-1\cslhangindent}
   \fi
- }%
- {}
-\usepackage{calc}
-\newcommand{\CSLBlock}[1]{#1\hfill\break}
-\newcommand{\CSLLeftMargin}[1]{\parbox[t]{\csllabelwidth}{#1}}
-\newcommand{\CSLRightInline}[1]{\parbox[t]{\linewidth - \csllabelwidth}{#1}\break}
-\newcommand{\CSLIndent}[1]{\hspace{\cslhangindent}#1}
+  % set entry spacing
+  \setlength{\itemsep}{#2\baselineskip}}}
+ {\end{list}}
 $endif$
 
 \begin{document}