diff --git a/benchmarks/md/package.json b/benchmarks/md/package.json
index 79f6247255216..a28344d5aaf4e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/md/package.json
+++ b/benchmarks/md/package.json
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
     "del-cli": "^3.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "faker": "^4.1.0",
-    "front-matter": "^3.1.0",
-    "gatsby": "^2.20.23",
+    "front-matter": "^4.0.1",
+    "gatsby": "^4.6.0",
     "gatsby-image": "^2.3.3",
     "gatsby-plugin-benchmark-reporting": "*",
     "gatsby-plugin-page-creator": "^2.2.2",
     "gatsby-plugin-sharp": "^2.4.12",
-    "gatsby-remark-images": "^3.2.3",
+    "gatsby-remark-images": "^5.0.0",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.2.3",
-    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.8.7",
+    "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^4.0.0",
     "gatsby-transformer-sharp": "^2.4.5",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",