diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index dbd761d4121ebd2f30aec8f93f23f9da7a757f6d..85441f3ae23d64a90a71b910c84741ce0e421396 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ gem 'gitlab-elasticsearch-git', '~> 1.0.1', require: "elasticsearch/git"
 # 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 032f1e5458b27fd0357aaa0e6bbb00b89f6b5b6a..53175b0c374995d5573ea3e4657e49e69920e27f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3)
       posix-spawn (~> 0.3)
     gitlab-license (1.0.0)
-    gitlab-markup (1.5.0)
+    gitlab-markup (1.5.1)
     gitlab_git (10.7.0)
       activesupport (~> 4.0)
       charlock_holmes (~> 0.7.3)
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-elasticsearch-git (~> 1.0.1)
   gitlab-flowdock-git-hook (~> 1.0.1)
   gitlab-license (~> 1.0)
-  gitlab-markup (~> 1.5.0)
+  gitlab-markup (~> 1.5.1)
   gitlab_git (~> 10.7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (~> 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.2)
@@ -1022,4 +1022,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   wikicloth (= 0.8.1)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.13.6
+   1.13.7
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/update-gitlab-markup-gem.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/update-gitlab-markup-gem.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96cdfd051f09a2ba91ba5524230289c8fd0ddd42
--- /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: