diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f766f86..23c8573 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
-rich = "^12.4.0"
+rich = "^13.0.0"
 click = "^8.0.0"
 requests = "^2.0.0"
-textual = "^0.1.18"
+textual = "^0.54"
 rich-rst = "^1.1.7"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/rich_cli/__main__.py b/src/rich_cli/__main__.py
index aa0a068..bfb1819 100644
--- a/src/rich_cli/__main__.py
+++ b/src/rich_cli/__main__.py
@@ -577,8 +577,11 @@ def print_usage() -> None:
 
     elif resource_format == MARKDOWN:
         from .markdown import Markdown
+        from rich.emoji import Emoji
 
         markdown_data, lexer = read_resource(resource, lexer)
+        if emoji:
+            markdown_data = Emoji.replace(markdown_data)
         renderable = Markdown(markdown_data, code_theme=theme, hyperlinks=hyperlinks)
 
     elif resource_format == RST: