diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf5163a81..b024d8bf3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0
 	github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2 v2.5.2
 	github.com/yosssi/ace v0.0.5
-	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.7
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.8
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191124122839-ede94e40cc3a
 	go.opencensus.io v0.22.0 // indirect
 	gocloud.dev v0.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 444ed4a97..a7257fbb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.5 h1:JJy3EDke+PMI2WcFIU6SdaeiP6FgRGK5NKAiPZHiOoE=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.5/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.7 h1:XiwWADvxJeIM1JbXqthrEhDc19hTMui+o+QaY1hGXlk=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.7/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.8 h1:d0m8Ac9JaetYjPZLC4P4W32ac7I0lpJpQbvxZtFqBoM=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.8/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191124122839-ede94e40cc3a h1:L7FTUnbc0WEBqGWgjbx4sPNAOX1/q5W/3KCD6g8XkKo=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191124122839-ede94e40cc3a/go.mod h1:1gshkGdH4gcrIH5MGSScGH42rOOCO+4Ks6acjAkA9C0=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index 665827502..58433fdc5 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func TestPageWithDelimiterForMarkdownThatCrossesBorder(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cnt := content(p)
-	if cnt != "<p>The <a href=\"http://gohugo.io/\">best static site generator</a>.<sup id=\"fnref:1\"><a href=\"#fn:1\" class=\"footnote-ref\" role=\"doc-noteref\">1</a></sup></p>\n<section class=\"footnotes\" role=\"doc-endnotes\">\n<hr>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn:1\" role=\"doc-endnote\">\n<p>Many people say so.</p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n</section>" {
+	if cnt != "<p>The <a href=\"http://gohugo.io/\">best static site generator</a>.<sup id=\"fnref:1\"><a href=\"#fn:1\" class=\"footnote-ref\" role=\"doc-noteref\">1</a></sup></p>\n<section class=\"footnotes\" role=\"doc-endnotes\">\n<hr>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn:1\" role=\"doc-endnote\">\n<p>Many people say so.<a href=\"#fnref:1\" class=\"footnote-backref\" role=\"doc-backlink\">&#8617;</a></p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n</section>" {
 		t.Fatalf("Got content:\n%q", cnt)
 	}
 }