diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71c2e5843..c3cf53cc3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -207,6 +207,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_yaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bon"
+version = "3.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe7acc34ff59877422326db7d6f2d845a582b16396b6b08194942bf34c6528ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "bon-macros",
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bon-macros"
+version = "3.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4159dd617a7fbc9be6a692fe69dc2954f8e6bb6bb5e4d7578467441390d77fd0"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "ident_case",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn 2.0.92",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "build_html"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -364,17 +389,15 @@ checksum = "d3fd119d74b830634cea2a0f58bbd0d54540518a14397557951e79340abc28c0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "comrak"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.34.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "395ab67843c57df5a4ee29d610740828dbc928cc64ecf0f2a1d5cd0e98e107a9"
+checksum = "1664eb8abab93a9c09d1e85df10b4de6af0b4c738f267750b211a77a771447fe"
 dependencies = [
+ "bon",
  "caseless",
  "clap 4.5.11",
- "derive_builder",
  "entities",
  "memchr",
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
  "shell-words",
  "slug",
  "syntect",
@@ -1334,6 +1357,16 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prettyplease"
+version = "0.2.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64d1ec885c64d0457d564db4ec299b2dae3f9c02808b8ad9c3a089c591b18033"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn 2.0.92",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-error"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1579,6 +1612,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7c45b9784283f1b2e7fb61b42047c2fd678ef0960d4f6f1eba131594cc369d4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.18"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f48122df9..12dab731e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ serde = "=1.0.217"
 serde_derive = "=1.0.217"
 serde_yaml = "=0.9.33"
 serde_json = "=1.0.137"
-comrak = "=0.26.0"
+comrak = { version = "=0.34.0", features = ["bon"] }
 rayon = "=1.10.0"
 regex = "=1.11.1"
 sass-rs = "=0.2.2"
diff --git a/src/posts.rs b/src/posts.rs
index a1672e9db..77c49c824 100644
--- a/src/posts.rs
+++ b/src/posts.rs
@@ -68,15 +68,13 @@ impl Post {
         } = serde_yaml::from_str(yaml)?;
         // next, the contents. we add + to get rid of the final "---\n\n"
         let options = comrak::Options {
-            render: comrak::RenderOptionsBuilder::default()
-                .unsafe_(true)
-                .build()?,
-            extension: comrak::ExtensionOptionsBuilder::default()
-                .header_ids(Some(String::new()))
+            render: comrak::RenderOptions::builder().unsafe_(true).build(),
+            extension: comrak::ExtensionOptions::builder()
+                .header_ids(String::new())
                 .strikethrough(true)
                 .footnotes(true)
                 .table(true)
-                .build()?,
+                .build(),
             ..comrak::Options::default()
         };