diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b744b0..09bc8bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "slackify_markdown"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "Convert markdown to Slack-compatible formatting"
 readme = "readme.md"
 authors = [
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "markdown-it-py",
+    "markdown-it-py>=3.0.0"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2e49300..3d2189d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slackify-markdown"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "markdown-it-py" },
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "markdown-it-py" }]
+requires-dist = [{ name = "markdown-it-py", specifier = ">=3.0.0" }]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [