diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7ae9d6a..5858f12 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ gemspec
 
 gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'jquery-rails'
-gem 'rdiscount'
+gem 'kramdown'
diff --git a/test_app/Gemfile b/test_app/Gemfile
index 6d53037..32676b2 100644
--- a/test_app/Gemfile
+++ b/test_app/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gem 'best_in_place', :path => ".."
 
 gem 'jquery-rails'
 
-gem 'rdiscount'
+gem 'kramdown'
 
 group :assets do
   gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.3'
diff --git a/test_app/app/models/user.rb b/test_app/app/models/user.rb
index 604f5ba..7cc9248 100644
--- a/test_app/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/test_app/app/models/user.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def markdown_desc
-    RDiscount.new(description).to_html.html_safe
+    Kramdown::Document.new(description).to_html.html_safe
   end
 end