diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index dabc4ec2..a3651532 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -448,22 +448,19 @@ class MdReaderTest(ReaderTest):
         expected_content = (
             '<p>This is some content'
             '<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1"'
-            ' rel="footnote"'
             '>1</a></sup>'
             ' with some footnotes'
             '<sup id="fnref:footnote"><a class="footnote-ref" '
-            'href="#fn:footnote" rel="footnote">2</a></sup></p>\n'
+            'href="#fn:footnote">2</a></sup></p>\n'
 
             '<div class="footnote">\n'
             '<hr>\n<ol>\n<li id="fn:1">\n'
             '<p>Numbered footnote&#160;'
             '<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" '
-            'rev="footnote" '
             'title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>\n'
             '</li>\n<li id="fn:footnote">\n'
             '<p>Named footnote&#160;'
             '<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:footnote"'
-            ' rev="footnote"'
             ' title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>\n'
             '</li>\n</ol>\n</div>')
         expected_metadata = {
diff --git a/requirements/test.pip b/requirements/test.pip
index edd29035..3b7db062 100644
--- a/requirements/test.pip
+++ b/requirements/test.pip
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mock
 
 # Optional Packages
-Markdown >= 3.0
+Markdown > 3.0.1
 BeautifulSoup4
 lxml
 typogrify