diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 73255fa..33313ae 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'rake', '~> 10.0.3'
   gem 'rack', '~> 1.4.1'
   gem 'jekyll', '~> 0.12.0'
-  gem 'rdiscount', '~> 1.6.8'
+  gem 'redcarpet', '~> 2.2.2'
   gem 'pygments.rb', '~> 0.3.4'
   gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.2.9'
   gem 'haml', '~> 3.1.7'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c237934..c5291f4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ GEM
       jsmin (~> 1.0.1)
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
     rb-fsevent (0.9.3)
-    rdiscount (1.6.8)
+    redcarpet (2.2.2)
     rubypants (0.2.0)
     sass (3.2.4)
     sinatra (1.3.3)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rake (~> 10.0.3)
   rake-minify
   rb-fsevent (~> 0.9.3)
-  rdiscount (~> 1.6.8)
+  redcarpet (~> 2.2.2)
   rubypants (~> 0.2.0)
   sinatra (~> 1.3.3)
   stringex (~> 1.4.0)
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index d629be9..0f97351 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ code_dir: downloads/code
 category_dir: blog/categories
 include:
   - .htaccess
-markdown: rdiscount
+markdown: redcarpet
 pygments: false # Jekyll's default Python Pygments have been replaced by pygments.rb. Set to true to use Albino + Pythong Pygments
 
 paginate: 10          # Posts per page on the blog index