diff --git a/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py b/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
index 5ef21cc1..f847480d 100644
--- a/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
+++ b/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 import json
 import os
 
+import html
+import markdown
+
 from flask import Blueprint
 from flask import request
 from flask import jsonify
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ def display_major_project(user_dict=None):
             "tldr": p.tldr,
             "time_spent": p.time_spent,
             "skills": p.skills,
-            "desc": p.description,
+            "desc": markdown.markdown(html.escape(p.description)),
             "links": [] if p.links is None else list(filter(None, p.links.split("\n"))),
             "status": p.status,
             "is_owner": bool(user_dict["username"] == p.uid),
diff --git a/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html b/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
index bfff3d67..0f73678c 100644
--- a/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
+++ b/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ <h5><strong>Links</strong></h5>
                 <div class="row">
                     <div class="col-md-12 ">
                         <h5><strong>Description</strong></h5>
-                        <p class="mb-0 h6 line-med text-wrap">{{p['desc']}}</p>
+                        <p class="mb-0 h6 line-med text-wrap">{{p['desc'] | safe}}</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index c5b32e18..4fdf5cc1 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ structlog~=25.5.0
 Werkzeug~=3.1.6
 wrapt~=2.1.2
 click~=8.1
+markdown~=3.10.3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e68b7fc0..462b002a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ botocore==1.35.99
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
-build==1.5.0
+build==1.6.1
     # via pip-tools
 certifi==2026.7.22
     # via
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ certifi==2026.7.22
     #   sentry-sdk
 cffi==2.1.1
     # via cryptography
-charset-normalizer==3.4.9
+charset-normalizer==3.5.1
     # via requests
 click==8.4.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   flask
     #   pip-tools
-cryptography==50.0.0
+cryptography==50.0.1
     # via oic
 csh-ldap==2.5.8
     # via -r requirements.in
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ flask-sqlalchemy==3.1.1
     #   flask-migrate
 future==1.0.0
     # via pyjwkest
-greenlet==3.5.4
+greenlet==3.5.6
     # via sqlalchemy
 gunicorn==25.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-idna==3.18
+idna==3.20
     # via requests
 importlib-resources==7.1.0
     # via flask-pyoidc
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ mako==1.3.12
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   alembic
     #   oic
+markdown==3.10.3
+    # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==3.0.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
@@ -123,9 +125,9 @@ pip==26.2.1
     # via pip-tools
 pip-tools==7.5.3
     # via -r requirements.in
-platformdirs==4.11.1
+platformdirs==4.11.11
     # via pylint
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.12
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.13
     # via -r requirements.in
 pyasn1==0.6.4
     # via
@@ -139,9 +141,9 @@ pycryptodomex==3.23.0
     # via
     #   oic
     #   pyjwkest
-pydantic==2.13.4
+pydantic==2.13.5
     # via pydantic-settings
-pydantic-core==2.46.4
+pydantic-core==2.46.5
     # via pydantic
 pydantic-settings==2.15.0
     # via oic
@@ -149,13 +151,13 @@ pyjwkest==1.4.4
     # via oic
 pylint==3.3.9
     # via -r requirements.in
-pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
+pyproject-hooks==1.3.3
     # via
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via botocore
-python-dotenv==1.2.2
+python-dotenv==1.2.3
     # via pydantic-settings
 python-editor==1.0.4
     # via -r requirements.in
@@ -170,14 +172,14 @@ s3transfer==0.10.4
     # via boto3
 sentry-sdk==2.63.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-setuptools==83.0.0
+setuptools==84.0.0
     # via pip-tools
 six==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pyjwkest
     #   python-dateutil
-sqlalchemy==2.0.51
+sqlalchemy==2.0.54
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   alembic
@@ -195,11 +197,11 @@ typing-extensions==4.16.0
     #   pydantic-core
     #   sqlalchemy
     #   typing-inspection
-typing-inspection==0.4.2
+typing-inspection==0.4.4
     # via
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-settings
-urllib3==2.7.0
+urllib3==2.8.0
     # via
     #   botocore
     #   requests
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ werkzeug==3.1.8
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   flask
-wheel==0.47.0
+wheel==0.48.0
     # via pip-tools
 wrapt==2.1.2
     # via -r requirements.in