diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 98498a4cd..95a9fb168 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Mixfile do
 
   defp deps do
     [
-      {:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.19"},
+      {:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.31"},
       {:makeup_elixir, "~> 0.14"},
       {:makeup_erlang, "~> 0.1"},
       {:makeup_html, ">= 0.0.0", only: :dev},
diff --git a/test/ex_doc/doc_ast_test.exs b/test/ex_doc/doc_ast_test.exs
index de7e764a1..67064d9c4 100644
--- a/test/ex_doc/doc_ast_test.exs
+++ b/test/ex_doc/doc_ast_test.exs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.DocASTTest do
       """
 
       ast = DocAST.parse!(markdown, "text/markdown")
-      assert DocAST.to_string(ast) == ~s{<span><i></i><i></i></span>}
+      assert DocAST.to_string(ast) == ~s{<span><i></i>\n<i></i></span>}
     end
 
     test "with fun" do