diff --git a/md2pdf/cli.py b/md2pdf/cli.py
index 47d5fdc..058e243 100644
--- a/md2pdf/cli.py
+++ b/md2pdf/cli.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import click
 
-from md2pdf.core import md2pdf
+from .core import md2pdf
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/md2pdf/conf.py b/md2pdf/conf.py
index 581665c..282c611 100644
--- a/md2pdf/conf.py
+++ b/md2pdf/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 """Configuration for md2pdf."""
 
-MARKDOWN_EXTRAS: list = ["cuddled-lists", "tables", "footnotes"]
+MARKDOWN_EXTRAS: list = [
+    "markdown.extensions.tables",
+    "pymdownx.magiclink",
+    "pymdownx.betterem",
+    "pymdownx.superfences",
+]
diff --git a/md2pdf/core.py b/md2pdf/core.py
index 2cdeb8f..b5c8776 100644
--- a/md2pdf/core.py
+++ b/md2pdf/core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import frontmatter
 from jinja2 import Template
-from markdown2 import markdown
+from markdown import markdown
 from weasyprint import CSS, HTML
 
 from .conf import MARKDOWN_EXTRAS
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def md2pdf(
         # Render the template
         raw = Template(template).render(context)
 
-    raw_html = markdown(raw, extras=extras)
+    raw_html = markdown(raw, extensions=extras)
 
     # Weasyprint HTML object
     if base_url is None:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5136bc2..afa65b6 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -411,6 +411,25 @@ chardet = ["chardet (>=2.2)"]
 genshi = ["genshi"]
 lxml = ["lxml"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-metadata"
+version = "7.0.1"
+description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4805911c3a4ec7c3966410053e9ec6a1fecd629117df5adee56dfc9432a1081e"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f238736bb06590ae52ac1fab06a3a9ef1d8dce2b7a35b5ab329371d6c8f5d2cc"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+zipp = ">=0.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (<7.2.5)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+perf = ["ipython"]
+testing = ["flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)", "pytest-ruff"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iniconfig"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -440,20 +459,22 @@ MarkupSafe = ">=2.0"
 i18n = ["Babel (>=2.7)"]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "markdown2"
-version = "2.4.12"
-description = "A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown"
+name = "markdown"
+version = "3.5.2"
+description = "Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5, <4"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "markdown2-2.4.12-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:98f47591006f0ace0644cbece03fed6f3845513286f6c6e9f8bcf6a575174e2c"},
-    {file = "markdown2-2.4.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1bc8692696954d597778e0e25713c14ca56d87992070dedd95c17eddaf709204"},
+    {file = "Markdown-3.5.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d43323865d89fc0cb9b20c75fc8ad313af307cc087e84b657d9eec768eddeadd"},
+    {file = "Markdown-3.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e1ac7b3dc550ee80e602e71c1d168002f062e49f1b11e26a36264dafd4df2ef8"},
 ]
 
+[package.dependencies]
+importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
+
 [package.extras]
-all = ["pygments (>=2.7.3)", "wavedrom"]
-code-syntax-highlighting = ["pygments (>=2.7.3)"]
-wavedrom = ["wavedrom"]
+docs = ["mdx-gh-links (>=0.2)", "mkdocs (>=1.5)", "mkdocs-gen-files", "mkdocs-literate-nav", "mkdocs-nature (>=0.6)", "mkdocs-section-index", "mkdocstrings[python]"]
+testing = ["coverage", "pyyaml"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "markupsafe"
@@ -676,6 +697,24 @@ files = [
 plugins = ["importlib-metadata"]
 windows-terminal = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pymdown-extensions"
+version = "10.7"
+description = "Extension pack for Python Markdown."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pymdown_extensions-10.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6ca215bc57bc12bf32b414887a68b810637d039124ed9b2e5bd3325cbb2c050c"},
+    {file = "pymdown_extensions-10.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c0d64d5cf62566f59e6b2b690a4095c931107c250a8c8e1351c1de5f6b036deb"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+markdown = ">=3.5"
+pyyaml = "*"
+
+[package.extras]
+extra = ["pygments (>=2.12)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyphen"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -911,6 +950,21 @@ files = [
     {file = "webencodings-0.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b36a1c245f2d304965eb4e0a82848379241dc04b865afcc4aab16748587e1923"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zipp"
+version = "3.17.0"
+description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "zipp-3.17.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0e923e726174922dce09c53c59ad483ff7bbb8e572e00c7f7c46b88556409f31"},
+    {file = "zipp-3.17.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:84e64a1c28cf7e91ed2078bb8cc8c259cb19b76942096c8d7b84947690cabaf0"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (<7.2.5)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
+testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-ignore-flaky", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-ruff"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zopfli"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -987,4 +1041,4 @@ test = ["pytest"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "b357553eade0ab7208b7243e3f176488d35e065d230490cf7b9d17d4ee2eb5a7"
+content-hash = "aa093dd4d5487cc82d3c8ded48e4f792d28d942ad6bf25efe6a577eb8f995c5d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b49e529..8730afe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ md2pdf = "md2pdf.__main__:cli.cli"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
 weasyprint = "^60.2"
-markdown2 = "^2.4.12"
 click = "^8.1.7"
 pygments = "^2.17.2"
 python-frontmatter = "^1.1.0"
 jinja2 = "^3.1.3"
+markdown = "^3.5.2"
+pymdown-extensions = "^10.7"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.4.4"