diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/markdown.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/markdown.js
index 3f1389b3..d2f59486 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/util/markdown.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var env = require('jsdoc/env');
 var logger = require('jsdoc/util/logger');
 var MarkdownIt = require('markdown-it');
 var marked = require('marked');
-var mdnh = require('markdown-it-named-headers');
+var mda = require('markdown-it-anchor');
 var path = require('jsdoc/path');
 var util = require('util');
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function getParseFunction(parserName, conf) {
             });
 
             if (conf.idInHeadings) {
-                renderer.use(mdnh);
+                renderer.use(mda);
             }
 
             parserFunction = function(source) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9b87bbc0..e0750c09 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3198,13 +3198,10 @@
         "uc.micro": "^1.0.5"
       }
     },
-    "markdown-it-named-headers": {
-      "version": "0.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it-named-headers/-/markdown-it-named-headers-0.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-gu/CgyQkCmsed7mq5QF3HV81HB8=",
-      "requires": {
-        "string": "^3.0.1"
-      }
+    "markdown-it-anchor": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it-anchor/-/markdown-it-anchor-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AFM/woBI8QDJMS/9+MmsBMT5/AR+ImfOsunQZTZhzcTmna3rIzAzbOh5E0l6mlFM/i9666BpUtkqQ9bS7WApCg=="
     },
     "marked": {
       "version": "0.6.0",
@@ -5561,11 +5558,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-1cdSgl5TZ+eG944Y5EXqIjoVWVI=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "string": {
-      "version": "3.3.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string/-/string-3.3.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-XqIRzZLSKOGEKUmQpsyXs2anfLA="
-    },
     "string-width": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-2.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59e40269..385fb4f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "js2xmlparser": "~3.0.0",
     "klaw": "~3.0.0",
     "markdown-it": "~8.4.2",
-    "markdown-it-named-headers": "~0.0.4",
+    "markdown-it-anchor": "~5.0.2",
     "marked": "~0.6.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
     "requizzle": "~0.2.1",