diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e4d941ba..dbafd95c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pulldown-cmark"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ffade02495f22453cd593159ea2f59827aae7f53fa8323f756799b670881dcf8"
+checksum = "34f197a544b0c9ab3ae46c359a7ec9cbbb5c7bf97054266fecb7ead794a181d6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 28b4fe2ad..e379b369e 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3"
 ignore = "0.4"
 # markdown doc rendering
-pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
+pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
 # file type detection
 content_inspector = "0.2.4"
 
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/markdown.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/markdown.rs
index 46657fb9a..1f0fc38c7 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/markdown.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/markdown.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ fn parse<'a>(
             Event::End(tag) => {
                 tags.pop();
                 match tag {
-                    Tag::Heading(_) | Tag::Paragraph | Tag::CodeBlock(CodeBlockKind::Fenced(_)) => {
+                    Tag::Heading(_, _, _)
+                    | Tag::Paragraph
+                    | Tag::CodeBlock(CodeBlockKind::Fenced(_)) => {
                         // whenever code block or paragraph closes, new line
                         let spans = std::mem::take(&mut spans);
                         if !spans.is_empty() {
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ fn parse<'a>(
                             lines.push(Spans::from(span));
                         }
                     }
-                } else if let Some(Tag::Heading(_)) = tags.last() {
+                } else if let Some(Tag::Heading(_, _, _)) = tags.last() {
                     let mut span = to_span(text);
                     span.style = heading_style;
                     spans.push(span);