diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 849907f443..15ad63bfe7 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ block.def = edit(block.def)
   .replace('title', block._title)
   .getRegex();
 
-block.bullet = /(?:[*+-]|\d+\.)/;
+block.bullet = /(?:[*+-]|\d{1,9}\.)/;
 block.item = /^( *)(bull) [^\n]*(?:\n(?!\1bull )[^\n]*)*/;
 block.item = edit(block.item, 'gm')
   .replace(/bull/g, block.bullet)
diff --git a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
index 631cb8fa64..5b62131134 100644
--- a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ describe('CommonMark 0.28 List items', function() {
   var section = 'List items';
 
   // var shouldPassButFails = [];
-  var shouldPassButFails = [229, 237, 236, 227, 218, 243, 259, 241, 239, 247, 246, 225, 220, 258, 260, 244];
+  var shouldPassButFails = [237, 236, 227, 218, 243, 259, 241, 239, 247, 246, 225, 220, 258, 260, 244];
 
   var willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam = [];