diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index c273c0c5b..b343cfa06 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ library
                  blaze-html >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
                  blaze-markup >= 0.8 && < 0.9,
                  vector >= 0.10 && < 0.13,
-                 jira-wiki-markup >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
+                 jira-wiki-markup >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
                  hslua >= 1.0.1 && < 1.1,
                  hslua-module-system >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
                  hslua-module-text >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Jira.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Jira.hs
index 46077a4a9..d79a996a8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Jira.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Jira.hs
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ jiraToPandocInlines :: Jira.Inline -> Inlines
 jiraToPandocInlines = \case
   Jira.Anchor t          -> spanWith (t, [], []) mempty
   Jira.AutoLink url      -> link (Jira.fromURL url) "" (str (Jira.fromURL url))
+  Jira.ColorInline c ils -> spanWith ("", [], [("color", colorName c)]) $
+                                     fromInlines ils
   Jira.Emoji icon        -> str . iconUnicode $ icon
   Jira.Entity entity     -> str . fromEntity $ entity
   Jira.Image _ url       -> image (Jira.fromURL url)  "" mempty
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 5d9407a06..69e9ca1dc 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extra-deps:
 - regex-pcre-builtin-0.95.0.8.8.35
 - doclayout-0.3
 - emojis-0.1
-- jira-wiki-markup-1.0.0
+- jira-wiki-markup-1.1.0
 - HsYAML-0.2.0.0
 - HsYAML-aeson-0.2.0.0
 - doctemplates-0.8.1
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Jira.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Jira.hs
index 220bd8069..0deec3865 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Jira.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Jira.hs
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ tests =
       "HCO ~3~^-^" =?>
       para ("HCO " <> subscript "3" <> superscript "-")
 
+    , "color" =:
+      "This is {color:red}red{color}." =?>
+      para ("This is " <> spanWith ("", [], [("color", "red")]) "red" <> ".")
+
     , "linebreak" =:
       "first\nsecond" =?>
       para ("first" <> linebreak <> "second")