diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:    hakyll
-Version: 4.6.9.0
+Version: 4.7.0.0
 
 Synopsis: A static website compiler library
 Description:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     network-uri        >= 2.6     && < 2.7,
     old-locale         >= 1.0     && < 1.1,
     old-time           >= 1.0     && < 1.2,
-    pandoc             >= 1.12.4  && < 1.14,
+    pandoc             >= 1.14    && < 1.15,
     pandoc-citeproc    >= 0.4     && < 0.8,
     parsec             >= 3.0     && < 3.2,
     process            >= 1.0     && < 1.3,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     network-uri        >= 2.6     && < 2.7,
     old-locale         >= 1.0     && < 1.1,
     old-time           >= 1.0     && < 1.2,
-    pandoc             >= 1.12.4  && < 1.14,
+    pandoc             >= 1.14    && < 1.15,
     pandoc-citeproc    >= 0.4     && < 0.8,
     parsec             >= 3.0     && < 3.2,
     process            >= 1.0     && < 1.3,
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Set                   as S
 import           Data.Traversable           (traverse)
 import           Text.Pandoc
+import           Text.Pandoc.Error          (PandocError (..))
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -36,17 +37,25 @@
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Read a string using pandoc, with the default options
-readPandoc :: Item String  -- ^ String to read
-           -> Item Pandoc  -- ^ Resulting document
+readPandoc
+    :: Item String             -- ^ String to read
+    -> Compiler (Item Pandoc)  -- ^ Resulting document
 readPandoc = readPandocWith defaultHakyllReaderOptions
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Read a string using pandoc, with the supplied options
-readPandocWith :: ReaderOptions  -- ^ Parser options
-               -> Item String    -- ^ String to read
-               -> Item Pandoc    -- ^ Resulting document
-readPandocWith ropt item = fmap (reader ropt (itemFileType item)) item
+readPandocWith
+    :: ReaderOptions           -- ^ Parser options
+    -> Item String             -- ^ String to read
+    -> Compiler (Item Pandoc)  -- ^ Resulting document
+readPandocWith ropt item =
+    case traverse (reader ropt (itemFileType item)) item of
+        Left (ParseFailure err)  -> fail $
+            "Hakyll.Web.Pandoc.readPandocWith: parse failed: " ++ err
+        Left (ParsecError _ err) -> fail $
+            "Hakyll.Web.Pandoc.readPandocWith: parse failed: " ++ show err
+        Right item'              -> return item'
   where
     reader ro t = case t of
         DocBook            -> readDocBook ro
@@ -81,15 +90,17 @@
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Render the resource using pandoc
-renderPandoc :: Item String -> Item String
+renderPandoc :: Item String -> Compiler (Item String)
 renderPandoc =
     renderPandocWith defaultHakyllReaderOptions defaultHakyllWriterOptions
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Render the resource using pandoc
-renderPandocWith :: ReaderOptions -> WriterOptions -> Item String -> Item String
-renderPandocWith ropt wopt = writePandocWith wopt . readPandocWith ropt
+renderPandocWith
+    :: ReaderOptions -> WriterOptions -> Item String -> Compiler (Item String)
+renderPandocWith ropt wopt item =
+    writePandocWith wopt <$> readPandocWith ropt item
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@
                     -> Compiler (Item String)
 pandocCompilerWithTransformM ropt wopt f =
     writePandocWith wopt <$>
-        (traverse f =<< readPandocWith ropt <$> getResourceBody)
+        (traverse f =<< readPandocWith ropt =<< getResourceBody)
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc/Biblio.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc/Biblio.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc/Biblio.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Pandoc/Biblio.hs
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
     -- actual page. If we don't do this, pandoc won't even consider them
     -- citations!
     let Biblio refs = itemBody biblio
-        pandoc      = itemBody $ readPandocWith ropt item
-        pandoc'     = processCites style refs pandoc
+    pandoc <- itemBody <$> readPandocWith ropt item
+    let pandoc' = processCites style refs pandoc
 
     return $ fmap (const pandoc') item
 
diff --git a/tests/Hakyll/Core/Runtime/Tests.hs b/tests/Hakyll/Core/Runtime/Tests.hs
--- a/tests/Hakyll/Core/Runtime/Tests.hs
+++ b/tests/Hakyll/Core/Runtime/Tests.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             compile $ do
                 getResourceBody
                     >>= saveSnapshot "raw"
-                    >>= return . renderPandoc
+                    >>= renderPandoc
 
         create ["bodies.txt"] $ do
             route idRoute