diff --git a/cmd/release-notes/main.go b/cmd/release-notes/main.go
index eb64cf6b3a1a..f0643b23f075 100644
--- a/cmd/release-notes/main.go
+++ b/cmd/release-notes/main.go
@@ -351,7 +351,11 @@ func WriteReleaseNotes(releaseNotes *notes.ReleaseNotes) (err error) {
 		}
 
 		if releaseNotesOpts.tableOfContents {
-			toc, err := mdtoc.GenerateTOC([]byte(markdown))
+			toc, err := mdtoc.GenerateTOC([]byte(markdown), mdtoc.Options{
+				Dryrun:     false,
+				SkipPrefix: false,
+				MaxDepth:   mdtoc.MaxHeaderDepth,
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "generating table of contents")
 			}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ae56c9edcee..5f0aa0083409 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.56.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210828152312-66f60bf46e71
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.0.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.2.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk v0.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.3.0
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3 // indirect
-	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200824053859-8c8b3816f167 // indirect
+	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20210514010506-3b9f47219fe7 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-github/v33 v33.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 08010ade51a2..a30fa2423bd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ github.com/golangci/misspell v0.0.0-20180809174111-950f5d19e770/go.mod h1:dEbvlS
 github.com/golangci/prealloc v0.0.0-20180630174525-215b22d4de21/go.mod h1:tf5+bzsHdTM0bsB7+8mt0GUMvjCgwLpTapNZHU8AajI=
 github.com/golangci/revgrep v0.0.0-20180526074752-d9c87f5ffaf0/go.mod h1:qOQCunEYvmd/TLamH+7LlVccLvUH5kZNhbCgTHoBbp4=
 github.com/golangci/unconvert v0.0.0-20180507085042-28b1c447d1f4/go.mod h1:Izgrg8RkN3rCIMLGE9CyYmU9pY2Jer6DgANEnZ/L/cQ=
-github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200824053859-8c8b3816f167 h1:LP/6EfrZ/LyCc+SXvANDrIJ4sP9u2NAtqyv6QknetNQ=
-github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200824053859-8c8b3816f167/go.mod h1:aii0r/K0ZnHv7G0KF7xy1v0A7s2Ljrb5byB7MO5p6TU=
+github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20210514010506-3b9f47219fe7 h1:oKYOfNR7Hp6XpZ4JqolL5u642Js5Z0n7psPVl+S5heo=
+github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20210514010506-3b9f47219fe7/go.mod h1:aii0r/K0ZnHv7G0KF7xy1v0A7s2Ljrb5byB7MO5p6TU=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
@@ -1585,8 +1585,8 @@ rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.14/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.15/go.mod h1:LEScyzhFmoF5pso/YSeBstl57mOzx9xlU9n85RGrDQg=
-sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.0.1 h1:6ECKhQnbetwZBR6R2IeT2LH+1w+2Zsip0iXjikgaXIk=
-sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.0.1/go.mod h1:COYBtOjsaCg7o7SC4eaLwEXPuVRSuiVuLLRrHd7kShw=
+sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0 h1:q3YtqYzmC2e0hgLXRIOm7/QLuPux1CX3ZHCwlbABxZo=
+sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:QZLVEdHH2iNIR4uHAZyvFRtjloHgVItk8lo/mzCtq3w=
 sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.2.1 h1:iDUOYttTBpVvm7bUuE2nv/KDlZQ3dk12XlW83TS76wg=
 sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:MQj3epgssCPeMJvB8Xqt4c2rBxVTUgPFE4ZYLkRwmUs=
 sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk v0.2.0 h1:DVTHyvEoim//zhckxQJBwofDcyHJIsxeo/WdPMm48Ow=
diff --git a/pkg/changelog/impl.go b/pkg/changelog/impl.go
index 10eb05c0ad67..5fbd11eaa88f 100644
--- a/pkg/changelog/impl.go
+++ b/pkg/changelog/impl.go
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ func (*defaultImpl) LatestGitHubTagsPerBranch() (github.TagsPerBranch, error) {
 }
 
 func (*defaultImpl) GenerateTOC(markdown string) (string, error) {
-	return mdtoc.GenerateTOC([]byte(markdown))
+	return mdtoc.GenerateTOC([]byte(markdown), mdtoc.Options{
+		Dryrun:     false,
+		SkipPrefix: false,
+		MaxDepth:   mdtoc.MaxHeaderDepth,
+	})
 }
 
 func (*defaultImpl) DependencyChanges(from, to string) (string, error) {