diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d438d3d62..1b3172a1d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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         "common-tags": "^1.8.0",
         "dexie": "^4.0.11",
-        "marked": "^16.0.0",
+        "marked": "^17.0.1",
         "medium-zoom": "^1.1.0",
         "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.2",
         "prismjs": "^1.29.0",
@@ -14395,9 +14395,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/marked": {
-      "version": "16.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-16.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MUKMXDjsD/eptB7GPzxo4xcnLS6oo7/RHimUMHEDRhUooPwmN9BEpMl7AEOJv3bmso169wHI2wUF9VQgL7zfmA==",
+      "version": "17.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-17.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-boeBdiS0ghpWcSwoNm/jJBwdpFaMnZWRzjA6SkUMYb40SVaN1x7mmfGKp0jvexGcx+7y2La5zRZsYFZI6Qpypg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "marked": "bin/marked.js"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6798746e..9846597c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "common-tags": "^1.8.0",
     "dexie": "^4.0.11",
-    "marked": "^16.0.0",
+    "marked": "^17.0.1",
     "medium-zoom": "^1.1.0",
     "opencollective-postinstall": "^2.0.2",
     "prismjs": "^1.29.0",
diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js b/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
index 5978db764..4c0019b25 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/taskListItem.js
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ export const taskListItemCompiler = ({ renderer }) =>
             text: checkbox + ' ',
           });
         }
-      } else {
-        text += checkbox + ' ';
       }
     }