diff --git a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
index 1be12055f..2aa236ca9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def mentions_escape(text, options \\ []) do
   end
 
   def markdown_to_html(text) do
-    Earmark.as_html!(text)
+    Earmark.as_html!(text, %Earmark.Options{compact_output: true})
   end
 
   def html_escape({text, mentions, hashtags}, type) do
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index feb7eefa3..06d77edb7 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ defp deps do
       {:ex_aws, "~> 2.1.6"},
       {:ex_aws_s3, "~> 2.0"},
       {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.6.6"},
-      {:earmark, "1.4.10"},
+      {:earmark, "1.4.13"},
       {:bbcode_pleroma, "~> 0.2.0"},
       {:crypt,
        git: "https://github.com/msantos/crypt.git",
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 29439a438..e4dd32c83 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
   "db_connection": {:hex, :db_connection, "2.2.2", "3bbca41b199e1598245b716248964926303b5d4609ff065125ce98bcd368939e", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0.2", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "642af240d8a8affb93b4ba5a6fcd2bbcbdc327e1a524b825d383711536f8070c"},
   "decimal": {:hex, :decimal, "2.0.0", "a78296e617b0f5dd4c6caf57c714431347912ffb1d0842e998e9792b5642d697", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "34666e9c55dea81013e77d9d87370fe6cb6291d1ef32f46a1600230b1d44f577"},
   "deep_merge": {:hex, :deep_merge, "1.0.0", "b4aa1a0d1acac393bdf38b2291af38cb1d4a52806cf7a4906f718e1feb5ee961", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "ce708e5f094b9cd4e8f2be4f00d2f4250c4095be93f8cd6d018c753894885430"},
-  "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.4.10", "bddce5e8ea37712a5bfb01541be8ba57d3b171d3fa4f80a0be9bcf1db417bcaf", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, ">= 1.4.10", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "12dbfa80810478e521d3ffb941ad9fbfcbbd7debe94e1341b4c4a1b2411c1c27"},
-  "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.10", "6603d7a603b9c18d3d20db69921527f82ef09990885ed7525003c7fe7dc86c56", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "8e2d5370b732385db2c9b22215c3f59c84ac7dda7ed7e544d7c459496ae519c0"},
+  "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.4.13", "2c6ce9768fc9fdbf4046f457e207df6360ee6c91ee1ecb8e9a139f96a4289d91", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, ">= 1.4.12", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "a0cf3ed88ef2b1964df408889b5ecb886d1a048edde53497fc935ccd15af3403"},
+  "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.12", "b245e875ec0a311a342320da0551da407d9d2b65d98f7a9597ae078615af3449", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "711e2cc4d64abb7d566d43f54b78f7dc129308a63bc103fbd88550d2174b3160"},
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "3.4.6", "08f7afad3257d6eb8613309af31037e16c36808dfda5a3cd0cb4e9738db030e4", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.6 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "6f13a9e2a62e75c2dcfc7207bfc65645ab387af8360db4c89fee8b5a4bf3f70b"},
   "ecto_enum": {:hex, :ecto_enum, "1.4.0", "d14b00e04b974afc69c251632d1e49594d899067ee2b376277efd8233027aec8", [:mix], [{:ecto, ">= 3.0.0", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto_sql, "> 3.0.0", [hex: :ecto_sql, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mariaex, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :mariaex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:postgrex, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "8fb55c087181c2b15eee406519dc22578fa60dd82c088be376d0010172764ee4"},
   "ecto_sql": {:hex, :ecto_sql, "3.4.5", "30161f81b167d561a9a2df4329c10ae05ff36eca7ccc84628f2c8b9fa1e43323", [:mix], [{:db_connection, "~> 2.2", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto, "~> 3.4.3", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:myxql, "~> 0.3.0 or ~> 0.4.0", [hex: :myxql, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.15.0", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:tds, "~> 2.1.0", [hex: :tds, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "31990c6a3579b36a3c0841d34a94c275e727de8b84f58509da5f1b2032c98ac2"},