diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 98d08f6..7761008 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pelican  # tipue search deprecated in 4.8
-Markdown<3.4  # broken with pelican
+Markdown<3.9  # broken with pelican
 minchin.pelican.plugins.cname
 fabric
 beautifulsoup4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 53d61c8..0e5d745 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jinja2==3.1.5
     # via
     #   minchin-pelican-plugins-cname
     #   pelican
-markdown==3.3.7
+markdown==3.8.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ rich==13.9.4
     # via pelican
 semantic-version==2.10.0
     # via minchin-pelican-plugins-autoloader
-setuptools==75.8.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
 six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in