diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d0b468f59..50f431c5d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ gem "jbuilder", "~> 2.11" # Create JSON structures via a Builder-style DSL
 gem "jquery-rails", "~> 4.4" #  A gem to automate using jQuery with Rails
 gem "jsonapi-serializer", "~> 2.2" # Serializer for Ruby objects
 gem "kaminari", "~> 1.2" # A Scope & Engine based, clean, powerful, customizable and sophisticated paginator
-gem "katex", "~> 0.6.1" # This rubygem enables you to render TeX math to HTML using KaTeX. It uses ExecJS under the hood
+gem "katex", "~> 0.8.0" # This rubygem enables you to render TeX math to HTML using KaTeX. It uses ExecJS under the hood
 gem "liquid", "~> 5.0" # A secure, non-evaling end user template engine with aesthetic markup
 gem "nokogiri", "~> 1.11" # HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser
 gem "octokit", "~> 4.20" # Simple wrapper for the GitHub API
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 39c7feae3..351744ab0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ GEM
       activerecord
       kaminari-core (= 1.2.1)
     kaminari-core (1.2.1)
-    katex (0.6.1)
+    katex (0.8.0)
       execjs (~> 2.7)
     knapsack_pro (2.15.0)
       rake
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails (~> 4.4)
   jsonapi-serializer (~> 2.2)
   kaminari (~> 1.2)
-  katex (~> 0.6.1)
+  katex (~> 0.8.0)
   knapsack_pro (~> 2.15.0)
   launchy (~> 2.5)
   liquid (~> 5.0)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/katex-0.6.1.gem b/vendor/cache/katex-0.6.1.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/katex-0.8.0.gem b/vendor/cache/katex-0.8.0.gem
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