diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6bac0b8..8c3fb3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ checksum = "8f9f08d8963a6c613f4b1a78f4f4a4dbfadf8e6545b2d72861731e4858b8b47f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "markdown"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.16"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0f0025e8c0d89b84d6dc63e859475e40e8e82ab1a08be0a93ad5731513a508"
+checksum = "21e27d6220ce21f80ce5c4201f23a37c6f1ad037c72c9d1ff215c2919605a5d6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-id",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/markdown-app/Cargo.toml b/examples/markdown-app/Cargo.toml
index 0eb0454..51e6978 100644
--- a/examples/markdown-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/markdown-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ name = "markdown-app"
 path = "app.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.16"
+markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.17"