[#8474] pinned Markdown to 3.3.7 and PasteDeploy < 3
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 972f42e..4a5c6c1 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 GitPython
 html5lib
 Jinja2
-Markdown
+Markdown==3.3.7
 markdown-checklist
 MarkupSafe!=2.1.1
 Ming
 oauthlib
 paginate
 Paste
-PasteDeploy
+PasteDeploy<3
 PasteScript
 Pillow
 # profanity filter for feedback
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b26c21c..9cd84ec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -67,14 +67,13 @@
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   markdown
-    #   pastedeploy
 inflection==0.5.1
     # via profanityfilter
 iso8601==1.0.2
     # via colander
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via -r requirements.in
-markdown==3.4.1
+markdown==3.3.7
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   markdown-checklist
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   easywidgets
     #   pastescript
-pastedeploy==3.0.1
+pastedeploy==2.1.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pastescript