diff --git a/grunt/bs-lessdoc-parser.js b/grunt/bs-lessdoc-parser.js
index 63ee65a0e8..d6be774523 100644
--- a/grunt/bs-lessdoc-parser.js
+++ b/grunt/bs-lessdoc-parser.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-var Remarkable = require('remarkable');
+var Markdown = require('markdown-it');
 
 function markdown2html(markdownString) {
-  var md = new Remarkable();
+  var md = new Markdown();
 
   // the slice removes the <p>...</p> wrapper output by Markdown processor
   return md.render(markdownString.trim()).slice(3, -5);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc736cb28d..fb49709b8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
     "grunt-saucelabs": "~8.5.0",
     "grunt-sed": "~0.1.1",
     "load-grunt-tasks": "~2.0.0",
+    "markdown-it": "^3.0.4",
     "npm-shrinkwrap": "^200.0.0",
-    "remarkable": "~1.6.0",
     "time-grunt": "~1.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {