diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 151513639..4c82f08a8 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
       {:ex_aws, "~> 2.1.6"},
       {:ex_aws_s3, "~> 2.0"},
       {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.7.2"},
-      {:earmark, "~> 1.4.15"},
+      {:earmark, "~> 1.4.22"},
       {:bbcode_pleroma, "~> 0.2.0"},
       {:crypt,
        git: "https://github.com/msantos/crypt.git",
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 8f4f17f83..2ac45431f 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
   "db_connection": {:hex, :db_connection, "2.4.2", "f92e79aff2375299a16bcb069a14ee8615c3414863a6fef93156aee8e86c2ff3", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.0", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "4fe53ca91b99f55ea249693a0229356a08f4d1a7931d8ffa79289b145fe83668"},
   "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, "1.4.18", "618c4ff1563450d1832b7fb41dc6755e470f91a6fd4c70f350a58b14f64a7db8", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, ">= 1.4.17", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "57ac3b6da3958ed09c669a9b159e86377fcccda56bacde8a209fa4dcdef52560"},
-  "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.17", "6f3c7e94170377ba45241d394389e800fb15adc5de51d0a3cd52ae766aafd63f", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "f93ac89c9feca61c165b264b5837bf82344d13bebc634cd575cb711e2e342023"},
+  "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.4.22", "ea3e45c6359446dc308be0a64ce82a03260d973de7d0625a762e6d352ff57958", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.23", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "1caf5145665a42fd76d5317286b0c171861fb1c04f86ab103dde76868814fdfb"},
+  "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.29", "149d50dcb3a93d9f3d6f3ecf18c918fb5a2d3c001b5d3305c926cddfbd33355b", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "4902af1b3eb139016aed210888748db8070b8125c2342ce3dcae4f38dcc63503"},
   "eblurhash": {:hex, :eblurhash, "1.2.2", "7da4255aaea984b31bb71155f673257353b0e0554d0d30dcf859547e74602582", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "8c20ca00904de023a835a9dcb7b7762fed32264c85a80c3cafa85288e405044c"},
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "3.9.2", "017db3bc786ff64271108522c01a5d3f6ba0aea5c84912cfb0dd73bf13684108", [: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 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "21466d5177e09e55289ac7eade579a642578242c7a3a9f91ad5c6583337a9d15"},
   "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"},
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/common_api/utils_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/common_api/utils_test.exs
index b538c5979..d309c6ded 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/common_api/utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/common_api/utils_test.exs
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
       code = "https://github.com/pragdave/earmark/"
       {result, [], []} = Utils.format_input(code, "text/markdown")
       assert result == ~s[<p><a href="#{code}">#{code}</a></p>]
+
+      code = "https://github.com/~foo/bar"
+      {result, [], []} = Utils.format_input(code, "text/markdown")
+      assert result == ~s[<p><a href="#{code}">#{code}</a></p>]
     end
 
     test "link with local mention" do