diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package-lock.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package-lock.json
index 0ba6fbad391..7d8c47eabc9 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package-lock.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package-lock.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
         "@types/lodash.throttle": "^4.1.9",
-        "@types/markdown-it": "14.1.0",
+        "@types/markdown-it": "^14.1.2",
         "@types/node": "22.x",
         "@types/picomatch": "^2.3.0",
         "@types/vscode-notebook-renderer": "^1.60.0",
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/markdown-it": {
-      "version": "14.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B/o5iMXxpIAl1+792pO4ryhrNNiAus9HhrTs+Gt2m+6SIdEUEvyOIs0iqDNjTSRgbelWvyeek3UxfYYOKDaWfA==",
+      "version": "14.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-promo4eFwuiW+TfGxhi+0x3czqTYJkG8qB17ZUJiVF10Xm7NLVRSLUsfRTU/6h1e24VvRnXCx+hG7li58lkzog==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@types/linkify-it": "*",
-        "@types/mdurl": "*"
+        "@types/linkify-it": "^5",
+        "@types/mdurl": "^2"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/mdurl": {
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
index 9f89c72836e..c242dceffd8 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/package.json
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
     "@types/lodash.throttle": "^4.1.9",
-    "@types/markdown-it": "14.1.0",
+    "@types/markdown-it": "^14.1.2",
     "@types/node": "22.x",
     "@types/picomatch": "^2.3.0",
     "@types/vscode-notebook-renderer": "^1.60.0",
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/markdownEngine.ts b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/markdownEngine.ts
index 8e10d72c730..0f4c7eb6717 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/markdownEngine.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/markdownEngine.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import type MarkdownIt = require('markdown-it');
+import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { ILogger } from './logging';
 import { MarkdownContributionProvider } from './markdownExtensions';