diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 64901732..bdaa785d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -399,26 +399,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "handlebars"
-version = "2.0.2"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pest 2.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pest_derive 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "quick-error 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "quick-error 1.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.102 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "serde 1.0.102 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -471,7 +462,7 @@ name = "humantime"
 version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "quick-error 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "quick-error 1.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -684,7 +675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "error-chain 0.12.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gitignore 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "handlebars 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "handlebars 3.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "iron 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itertools 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1007,7 +998,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1734,8 +1725,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum getrandom 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e7db7ca94ed4cd01190ceee0d8a8052f08a247aa1b469a7f68c6a3b71afcf407"
 "checksum gitignore 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f5beed3b526478bebc1dd164b7aa770ae709f918a7b978fcb4afdaf3bbee8dfd"
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
-"checksum handlebars 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "91ef1ac30f2eaaa2b835fce73c57091cb6b9fc62b7eef285efbf980b0f20001b"
-"checksum hashbrown 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e1de41fb8dba9714efd92241565cdff73f78508c95697dd56787d3cba27e2353"
+"checksum handlebars 3.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0bb959f7ef68cdfd3bf80efac8cc370942f6480400fee7e150b06dc0dd1ad806"
 "checksum heck 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "20564e78d53d2bb135c343b3f47714a56af2061f1c928fdb541dc7b9fdd94205"
 "checksum hermit-abi 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "307c3c9f937f38e3534b1d6447ecf090cafcc9744e4a6360e8b037b2cf5af120"
 "checksum html5ever 0.23.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5ce65ac8028cf5a287a7dbf6c4e0a6cf2dcf022ed5b167a81bae66ebf599a8b7"
@@ -1800,7 +1790,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum proc-macro2 0.4.30 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cf3d2011ab5c909338f7887f4fc896d35932e29146c12c8d01da6b22a80ba759"
 "checksum proc-macro2 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9c9e470a8dc4aeae2dee2f335e8f533e2d4b347e1434e5671afc49b054592f27"
 "checksum pulldown-cmark 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1c205cc82214f3594e2d50686730314f817c67ffa80fe800cf0db78c3c2b9d9e"
-"checksum quick-error 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9274b940887ce9addde99c4eee6b5c44cc494b182b97e73dc8ffdcb3397fd3f0"
+"checksum quick-error 1.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
 "checksum quote 0.6.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6ce23b6b870e8f94f81fb0a363d65d86675884b34a09043c81e5562f11c1f8e1"
 "checksum quote 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "053a8c8bcc71fcce321828dc897a98ab9760bef03a4fc36693c231e5b3216cfe"
 "checksum rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6d71dacdc3c88c1fde3885a3be3fbab9f35724e6ce99467f7d9c5026132184ca"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 55fde044..e0a2b901 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 clap = "2.24"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 error-chain = "0.12"
-handlebars = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["no_dir_source"] }
+handlebars = "3.0"
 itertools = "0.8"
 lazy_static = "1.0"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 04284c50..bf27ec34 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ impl HtmlHandlebars {
         );
     }
 
-    fn register_hbs_helpers(&self, handlebars: &mut Handlebars, html_config: &HtmlConfig) {
+    fn register_hbs_helpers(&self, handlebars: &mut Handlebars<'_>, html_config: &HtmlConfig) {
         handlebars.register_helper(
             "toc",
             Box::new(helpers::toc::RenderToc {
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ fn partition_source(s: &str) -> (String, String) {
 }
 
 struct RenderItemContext<'a> {
-    handlebars: &'a Handlebars,
+    handlebars: &'a Handlebars<'a>,
     destination: PathBuf,
     data: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
     is_index: bool,
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/navigation.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/navigation.rs
index 5914d42f..9d9ea76d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/navigation.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/navigation.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl Target {
 
 fn find_chapter(
     ctx: &Context,
-    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_>,
+    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_, '_>,
     target: Target,
 ) -> Result<Option<StringMap>, RenderError> {
     debug!("Get data from context");
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ fn find_chapter(
 
 fn render(
     _h: &Helper<'_, '_>,
-    r: &Handlebars,
+    r: &Handlebars<'_>,
     ctx: &Context,
-    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_>,
+    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_, '_>,
     out: &mut dyn Output,
     chapter: &StringMap,
 ) -> Result<(), RenderError> {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn render(
     _h.template()
         .ok_or_else(|| RenderError::new("Error with the handlebars template"))
         .and_then(|t| {
-            let mut local_rc = rc.new_for_block();
+            let mut local_rc = rc.clone();
             let local_ctx = Context::wraps(&context)?;
             t.render(r, &local_ctx, &mut local_rc, out)
         })?;
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ fn render(
 
 pub fn previous(
     _h: &Helper<'_, '_>,
-    r: &Handlebars,
+    r: &Handlebars<'_>,
     ctx: &Context,
-    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_>,
+    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_, '_>,
     out: &mut dyn Output,
 ) -> Result<(), RenderError> {
     trace!("previous (handlebars helper)");
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ pub fn previous(
 
 pub fn next(
     _h: &Helper<'_, '_>,
-    r: &Handlebars,
+    r: &Handlebars<'_>,
     ctx: &Context,
-    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_>,
+    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_, '_>,
     out: &mut dyn Output,
 ) -> Result<(), RenderError> {
     trace!("next (handlebars helper)");
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/theme.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/theme.rs
index 297ba10d..809ee117 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/theme.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/theme.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ use handlebars::{Context, Handlebars, Helper, Output, RenderContext, RenderError
 
 pub fn theme_option(
     h: &Helper<'_, '_>,
-    _r: &Handlebars,
+    _r: &Handlebars<'_>,
     ctx: &Context,
-    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_>,
+    rc: &mut RenderContext<'_, '_>,
     out: &mut dyn Output,
 ) -> Result<(), RenderError> {
     trace!("theme_option (handlebars helper)");
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/toc.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/toc.rs
index 9d810398..b77c7e94 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/toc.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/helpers/toc.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ impl HelperDef for RenderToc {
     fn call<'reg: 'rc, 'rc>(
         &self,
         _h: &Helper<'reg, 'rc>,
-        _r: &'reg Handlebars,
+        _r: &'reg Handlebars<'_>,
         ctx: &'rc Context,
-        rc: &mut RenderContext<'reg>,
+        rc: &mut RenderContext<'reg, 'rc>,
         out: &mut dyn Output,
     ) -> Result<(), RenderError> {
         // get value from context data