diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bcede80ff2..2791a7f5a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fastjson v1.6.4
 	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.96.0
 	github.com/yohcop/openid-go v1.0.1
-	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.3
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.4
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-meta v1.1.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d0e1b8a6b..df7c7ccf02 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -740,8 +740,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9de
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.15/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.3 h1:fdk0a/y60GsS4NbEd13GSIP+d8OjtTkmluY32Dy1Z/A=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.3/go.mod h1:uzxRWxtg69N339t3louHJ7+O03ezfj6PlliRlaOzY1E=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.4 h1:BDXOHExt+A7gwPCJgPIIq7ENvceR7we7rOS9TNoLZeg=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.4/go.mod h1:uzxRWxtg69N339t3louHJ7+O03ezfj6PlliRlaOzY1E=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc h1:+IAOyRda+RLrxa1WC7umKOZRsGq4QrFFMYApOeHzQwQ=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc/go.mod h1:ovIvrum6DQJA4QsJSovrkC4saKHQVs7TvcaeO8AIl5I=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-meta v1.1.0 h1:pWw+JLHGZe8Rk0EGsMVssiNb/AaPMHfSRszZeUeiOUc=
diff --git a/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4240.md b/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4240.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75b8cd44b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/8.0.0/fix/4240.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- markdown `[*[a]*](b)` [is incorrectly rendered as `<p><a href="b"><em>[a]</em></a></p>`](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/issues/457)