diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 24f193d03..2d40c7cb5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: rticles
 Type: Package
 Title: Article Formats for R Markdown
-Version: 0.4.5
+Version: 0.4.6
 Authors@R: c(
   person("JJ", "Allaire", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jj@rstudio.com"),
   person(family = "R Foundation", role = c("aut", "cph")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 420213f0d..22ea9738a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ rticles 0.5 (unreleased)
 
 - Add MDPI journal template
 
-- Fixed #6 and #132: dollar signs can be used in code chunks in JSS articles
-  now, but it will require Pandoc 2.x (you can use the Preview version of
-  RStudio if you do not want to install Pandoc separately).
+- Fixed #6, #10, #49, #132, and #149: dollar signs and other special LaTeX
+  characters such as `^` can be used in code chunks in JSS and R Journal
+  articles now, but Pandoc 2.x will be required (you can use the Preview version
+  of RStudio if you do not want to install Pandoc separately).
 
 rticles 0.4.1
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/R/rjournal_article.R b/R/rjournal_article.R
index a3c1efdf9..ac4d9850a 100644
--- a/R/rjournal_article.R
+++ b/R/rjournal_article.R
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #' @export
 rjournal_article <- function(...) {
 
+  rmarkdown::pandoc_available('2.2', TRUE)
+
   template <- find_resource("rjournal_article", "template.tex")
 
   base <- inherit_pdf_document(..., template = template)
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ rjournal_article <- function(...) {
   hilight_source <- knitr_fun('hilight_source')
   hook_chunk = function(x, options) {
     if (output_asis(x, options)) return(x)
-    paste('\\begin{Schunk}\n', x, '\\end{Schunk}', sep = '')
+    paste0('```{=latex}\n\\begin{Schunk}\n', x, '\\end{Schunk}\n```')
   }
   hook_input <- function(x, options)
     paste(c('\\begin{Sinput}', hilight_source(x, 'sweave', options), '\\end{Sinput}', ''),