diff --git a/services/autorust/codegen/Cargo.toml b/services/autorust/codegen/Cargo.toml
index 1d06a0fce8..c1be3124a1 100644
--- a/services/autorust/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/autorust/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ heck = "0.4"
 regex = "1.7"
 indexmap = { version = "1.9", features = ["serde-1"] }
 path_abs = "0.5"
-comrak = "0.15"
+comrak = "0.16"
 serde = "1.0"
 http-types = "2.12"
 once_cell = "1.16"
diff --git a/services/autorust/codegen/src/config_parser.rs b/services/autorust/codegen/src/config_parser.rs
index 20239333ae..ecfac8f49d 100644
--- a/services/autorust/codegen/src/config_parser.rs
+++ b/services/autorust/codegen/src/config_parser.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ mod literate_config {
     }
 
     // based on https://github.com/kivikakk/comrak/blob/main/examples/headers.rs
-    fn is_header_at_level<'a>(node: &'a AstNode<'a>, level: u32) -> bool {
+    fn is_header_at_level<'a>(node: &'a AstNode<'a>, level: u8) -> bool {
         match node.data.clone().into_inner().value {
             NodeValue::Heading(heading) => heading.level == level,
             _ => false,