diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index d03eb0851..f67e20098 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ add_subdirectory(fmt)
 
 # Add cmark without tests
 if(NOT USE_SHARED_CMARK)
+  set(CMARK_PROGRAM OFF CACHE BOOL "Build cmark executable")
   set(CMARK_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build cmark tests and enable testing")
   add_subdirectory(cmark)
 endif()
diff --git a/third_party/cmark b/third_party/cmark
index 8a0232861..728c68465 160000
--- a/third_party/cmark
+++ b/third_party/cmark
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8a023286198a7e408398e282f293e3b0baebb644
+Subproject commit 728c68465062223295076d8cb365ca911a55a218