diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1ef4f632aa..339c7ace6b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gem 'will_paginate', '~>4.0.1'
 # markdown rendering and syntax highlighting
 gem 'kramdown', '~>2.4.0'
 gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm', '~>1.1.0'
-gem 'rouge', '4.3.0'
+gem 'rouge', '4.4.0'
 
 # feedback table builder
 gem 'builder', '~>3.3.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7599a03196..9769e28fbc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
     rexml (3.3.7)
-    rouge (4.3.0)
+    rouge (4.4.0)
     rubocop (1.66.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
       language_server-protocol (>= 3.17.0)
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-controller-testing (~> 1.0.5)
   rails-i18n (~> 7.0.9)
   rb-readline (~> 0.5.5)
-  rouge (= 4.3.0)
+  rouge (= 4.4.0)
   rubocop-capybara (~> 2.21.0)
   rubocop-factory_bot (~> 2.26)
   rubocop-minitest (~> 0.36.0)