diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4e49fe26087..3d871c49020 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ gem 'seed-fu', '~> 2.3.5'
 # Markdown and HTML processing
 gem 'html-pipeline',      '~> 1.11.0'
 gem 'deckar01-task_list', '1.0.6', require: 'task_list/railtie'
-gem 'gitlab-markup',      '~> 1.5.0'
+gem 'gitlab-markup',      '~> 1.5.1'
 gem 'redcarpet',          '~> 3.3.3'
 gem 'RedCloth',           '~> 4.3.2'
 gem 'rdoc',               '~> 4.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d47a82f818b..38c52e47299 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ GEM
       diff-lcs (~> 1.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3)
       posix-spawn (~> 0.3)
-    gitlab-markup (1.5.0)
+    gitlab-markup (1.5.1)
     gitlab_omniauth-ldap (1.2.1)
       net-ldap (~> 0.9)
       omniauth (~> 1.0)
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gemojione (~> 3.0)
   github-linguist (~> 4.7.0)
   gitlab-flowdock-git-hook (~> 1.0.1)
-  gitlab-markup (~> 1.5.0)
+  gitlab-markup (~> 1.5.1)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (~> 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.2)
   gollum-rugged_adapter (~> 0.4.2)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/update-gitlab-markup-gem.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/update-gitlab-markup-gem.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96cdfd051f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/update-gitlab-markup-gem.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Update the gitlab-markup gem to the version 1.5.1
+merge_request: 8509
+author: