diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index e83de6a92..4ab699f14 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.mathjax",
-    "recommonmark",
+    "myst_parser",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
 ] + runestone_extensions()
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 # It True, sets js files from Sphinx & Runestone to be loaded with defer attr
 # substantially speeding up page rendering. May cause issues with books that
 # have custom directives or raw html that assume jquery or another library
-# is loaded before body is parsed. 
+# is loaded before body is parsed.
 html_defer_js = True
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
diff --git a/requirements-dev.in b/requirements-dev.in
index 5fbff74d1..b45b5c7f1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.in
+++ b/requirements-dev.in
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ selenium>=2.53.6
 pyvirtualdisplay
 pytest
 pylint
-readme-renderer>24
\ No newline at end of file
+readme-renderer>24
+myst_parser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0570eddcd..b5cfb7431 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.9
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
 # To update, run:
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements-dev.txt requirements-dev.in requirements.in
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ alabaster==0.7.12
     # via sphinx
 astroid==2.6.5
     # via pylint
-attrs==21.2.0
+atomicwrites==1.4.0
     # via pytest
+attrs==21.2.0
+    # via
+    #   markdown-it-py
+    #   pytest
 babel==2.9.1
     # via sphinx
 bleach==3.3.1
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ certifi==2021.5.30
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.3
     # via requests
-click<8.0
+click==7.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pip-tools
@@ -27,10 +31,16 @@ codechat==1.8.8
 cogapp==3.0.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 colorama==0.4.4
-    # via twine
+    # via
+    #   pylint
+    #   pytest
+    #   sphinx
+    #   tqdm
+    #   twine
 docutils==0.16
     # via
     #   codechat
+    #   myst-parser
     #   readme-renderer
     #   sphinx
 easyprocess==0.3
@@ -50,17 +60,27 @@ iniconfig==1.1.1
 isort==5.9.3
     # via pylint
 jinja2==3.0.1
-    # via sphinx
+    # via
+    #   myst-parser
+    #   sphinx
 keyring==23.0.1
     # via twine
 lazy-object-proxy==1.6.0
     # via astroid
 lxml==4.6.3
     # via codechat
+markdown-it-py==1.1.0
+    # via
+    #   mdit-py-plugins
+    #   myst-parser
 markupsafe==2.0.1
     # via jinja2
 mccabe==0.6.1
     # via pylint
+mdit-py-plugins==0.2.8
+    # via myst-parser
+myst-parser==0.15.1
+    # via -r requirements-dev.in
 packaging==21.0
     # via
     #   bleach
@@ -95,17 +115,21 @@ pytz==2021.1
     # via babel
 pyvirtualdisplay==2.2
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
+pywin32-ctypes==0.2.0
+    # via keyring
+pyyaml==5.4.1
+    # via myst-parser
 readme-renderer==29.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements-dev.in
     #   twine
+requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
+    # via twine
 requests==2.26.0
     # via
     #   requests-toolbelt
     #   sphinx
     #   twine
-requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
-    # via twine
 rfc3986==1.5.0
     # via twine
 selenium==3.141.0
@@ -121,6 +145,7 @@ snowballstemmer==2.1.0
 sphinx==3.5.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
+    #   myst-parser
     #   sphinxcontrib-paverutils
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
     # via sphinx