diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-markdown/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-markdown/Makefile
index cd1f792ced8c..4352429e4e07 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-markdown/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-markdown/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	markdown
-PORTVERSION=	1.13
+PORTVERSION=	2.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/markdown/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-commonmark>=1.9.0:textproc/R-cran-commonmark \
-		R-cran-xfun>=0.38:misc/R-cran-xfun
+RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-litedown>=0.6:textproc/R-cran-litedown \
+		R-cran-xfun>0:misc/R-cran-xfun
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-markdown/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-markdown/distinfo
index 2c59e3538834..f308d0c1faea 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-markdown/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-markdown/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1717648516
-SHA256 (markdown_1.13.tar.gz) = 385421c674cf5bf2ba04d1df7c16bb5d857bec03755a36321999ac37f5b3cfd9
-SIZE (markdown_1.13.tar.gz) = 39609
+TIMESTAMP = 1743051961
+SHA256 (markdown_2.0.tar.gz) = a560de75fb6878901e38febfef3ea8d21cb63af63de0e583019867d189bf9541
+SIZE (markdown_2.0.tar.gz) = 23664