diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 72c6f34a5..53a239d23 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gem "rails-assets-airbrake-js-client", "~> 1.6", source: "https://rails-assets.o
 gem "rails-observers", "~> 0.1" # Rails observer (removed from core in Rails 4.0)
 gem "recaptcha", "~> 5.1", require: "recaptcha/rails" # Helpers for the reCAPTCHA API
 gem "redcarpet", "~> 3.5" # A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser
-gem "reverse_markdown", "~> 1.1" # Map simple html back into markdown
+gem "reverse_markdown", "~> 1.2" # Map simple html back into markdown
 gem "rolify", "~> 5.2" # Very simple Roles library
 gem "rouge", "~> 3.9" # A pure-ruby code highlighter
 gem "rubyzip", "~> 1.2" # Rubyzip is a ruby library for reading and writing zip files
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ccf0a4574..44def24e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
       netrc (~> 0.8)
     retriable (3.1.2)
-    reverse_markdown (1.1.0)
+    reverse_markdown (1.2.0)
       nokogiri
     rolify (5.2.0)
     rouge (3.9.0)
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-observers (~> 0.1)
   recaptcha (~> 5.1)
   redcarpet (~> 3.5)
-  reverse_markdown (~> 1.1)
+  reverse_markdown (~> 1.2)
   rolify (~> 5.2)
   rouge (~> 3.9)
   rspec-rails (~> 3.8)