diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 40819697..df43c352 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ gem 'rubypants-unicode'
 gem 'linkeddata'
 gem 'rdf-vocab',         git: 'https://github.com/ruby-rdf/rdf-vocab.git',      branch: 'develop' # for latest code (included in `linkeddata` gem)
 gem 'rdf',               git: 'https://github.com/ruby-rdf/rdf.git',            branch: 'develop' # for latest code (included in `linkeddata` gem)
-gem 'pygmentize'         # for syntax coloring
 gem 'nanoc-cachebuster', git: 'https://github.com/cdchapman/nanoc-cachebuster', branch: 'nanoc-4'
+gem 'rouge'
 gem 'haml'
 gem 'pandoc-ruby'        # for benefit reports in ConTeXt
 gem 'git'                # for version history and tagging info
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f1843ebd..f62397ef 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ GEM
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.8.1)
       slop (~> 3.4)
-    pygmentize (0.0.3)
     pygments.rb (0.6.3)
       posix-spawn (~> 0.3.6)
       yajl-ruby (~> 1.2.0)
@@ -263,6 +262,7 @@ GEM
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
       netrc (~> 0.8)
+    rouge (2.0.6)
     rqrcode (0.10.1)
       chunky_png (~> 1.0)
     rspec (3.5.0)
@@ -347,11 +347,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri
   optipng
   pandoc-ruby
-  pygmentize
   rainpress
   rdf!
   rdf-vocab!
   rest-client
+  rouge
   rqrcode
   rubypants-unicode
   shortly
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee455801..6d33e125 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ The following external dependencies or system packages need to be installed and
 in scope before compiling:
 
 * Ruby (with [bundler], i.e. `gem install bundler`)
-* Python (for [pygments])
 * [pandoc] and [ConTeXt] for PDF generation of reports
 * [hunspell] for spell-checking (with the [optional fix][apostrophe fix] for
   the en_US apostrophe handling)
diff --git a/rules/blog.rb b/rules/blog.rb
index c3b0ec24..cb887d47 100644
--- a/rules/blog.rb
+++ b/rules/blog.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 compile '/blog/**/*.md' do
   filter :erb, @config[:erb]
   filter :kramdown, @config[:kramdown]
-  filter :colorize_syntax, default_colorizer: :pygmentize, pygmentize: { nowrap: 'True' }
+  filter :colorize_syntax,
+    default_colorizer: :rouge
   filter :absolutify_paths, type: :html
   filter :spellchecker unless @config[:production]
   layout '/blog/article.*'