diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/EmphasisInlineRenderer.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/EmphasisInlineRenderer.cs
index b7e6bffba2..01ee391326 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/EmphasisInlineRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/EmphasisInlineRenderer.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender
     {
         protected override void Write(VT100Renderer renderer, EmphasisInline obj)
         {
-            renderer.Write(renderer.EscapeSequences.FormatEmphasis(obj.FirstChild.ToString(), isBold : obj.IsDouble ? true : false));
+            renderer.Write(renderer.EscapeSequences.FormatEmphasis(obj.FirstChild.ToString(), isBold : obj.DelimiterCount == 2 ? true : false));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender.csproj b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender.csproj
index 13e782a348..fc92082352 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender/Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
   <!-- Source: https://github.com/lunet-io/markdig/ -->
     <ProjectReference Include="../System.Management.Automation/System.Management.Automation.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Markdig.Signed" Version="0.15.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Markdig.Signed" Version="0.16.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>