diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Revision history for brick-skylighting
 
+0.3
+===
+
+ * Increased Vty lower bound to 5.23.1 to support italics.
+ * Skylighting token styles that used italics now translate to the Vty
+   italics style rather than the standout style.
+
 0.2
 ===
 
diff --git a/brick-skylighting.cabal b/brick-skylighting.cabal
--- a/brick-skylighting.cabal
+++ b/brick-skylighting.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                brick-skylighting
-version:             0.2
+version:             0.3
 synopsis:            Show syntax-highlighted text in your Brick UI
 description:         This package provides a module to use Skylighting to perform
                      syntax highlighting and display the results in Brick-based
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     Brick.Widgets.Skylighting
 
   build-depends:       base <= 5,
-                       brick,
-                       vty,
+                       brick >= 0.39,
+                       vty >= 5.23.1,
                        skylighting-core >= 0.7,
                        text,
                        containers
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/Skylighting.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/Skylighting.hs
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/Skylighting.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/Skylighting.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 --
 --  * have some 'Text' you want to syntax-highlight.
 --  * know the language in which the 'Text' is expressed.
+--  * have a loaded 'SyntaxMap' or 'Syntax' that can be used to format
+--    the input text.
 --  * have a Skylighting 'Style' you'd like to use to determine the
 --    colors, either from the Skylighting package or one of your own.
 --
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@
         baseAttr = baseAttrFromPair (Sky.tokenColor tSty, Sky.tokenBackground tSty)
         setStyle =
             if Sky.tokenBold tSty then flip V.withStyle V.bold else id .
-            if Sky.tokenItalic tSty then flip V.withStyle V.standout else id .
+            if Sky.tokenItalic tSty then flip V.withStyle V.italic else id .
             if Sky.tokenUnderline tSty then flip V.withStyle V.underline else id
 
     in (attrNameForTokenType ty, a)