diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 456c3d5..8a8606b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <project.build.source>1.8</project.build.source>
         <project.build.target>1.8</project.build.target>
 
-        <exist.version>5.0.0</exist.version>
+        <exist.version>5.3.0</exist.version>
 
         <!-- used in the EXPath Package Descriptor -->
         <package-name>http://exist-db.org/apps/wiki</package-name>
diff --git a/xar-assembly.xml b/xar-assembly.xml
index 2a43ed0..9ac5283 100644
--- a/xar-assembly.xml
+++ b/xar-assembly.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency processor="http://exist-db.org" semver-min="${exist.version}"/>
     <dependency package="http://exist-db.org/apps/shared"/>
     <dependency package="http://exist-db.org/html-templating"/>
-    <dependency package="http://exist-db.org/apps/markdown" semver-min="0.2"/>
+    <dependency package="http://exist-db.org/apps/markdown" semver-min="0.7.1"/>
 
     <target>wiki</target>
     <permissions user="editor" password="editor" group="biblio.users" mode="0664"/>