diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 065a4d64b7..778ff357a4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ gem 'delayed_job_web', '~>1.4.4'
 gem 'will_paginate', '~>4.0.1'
 
 # markdown rendering and syntax highlighting
-gem 'kramdown', '~>2.5.0'
+gem 'kramdown', '~>2.5.1'
 gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm', '~>1.1.0'
 gem 'rouge', '4.5.1'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bf0f894c3d..89a216e30b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ GEM
       simpleidn (~> 0.2)
     jwt (2.9.3)
       base64
-    kramdown (2.5.0)
-      rexml (>= 3.3.6)
+    kramdown (2.5.1)
+      rexml (>= 3.3.9)
     kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
       kramdown (~> 2.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jsbundling-rails (~> 1.3.1)
   json_schemer (~> 2.3.0)
   jwt (~> 2.9.3)
-  kramdown (~> 2.5.0)
+  kramdown (~> 2.5.1)
   kramdown-parser-gfm (~> 1.1.0)
   letter_opener (~> 1.10.0)
   listen (~> 3.9.0)