diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3f23fef6..99544a19 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ gem 'bcrypt'
 gem 'sinatra-flash',      require: 'sinatra/flash'
 gem 'sinatra-xsendfile',  require: 'sinatra/xsendfile'
 gem 'puma', '5.6.5',      require: nil
-gem 'sidekiq', '~> 5.2.0'
+gem 'sidekiq', '~> 7.0.8'
 gem 'mail'
 gem 'net-smtp'
 gem 'tilt'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 539127bf..c2737a05 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ GEM
     climate_control (0.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
-    connection_pool (2.3.0)
+    connection_pool (2.4.0)
     coveralls_reborn (0.25.0)
       simplecov (>= 0.18.1, < 0.22.0)
       term-ansicolor (~> 1.6)
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ GEM
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     redis (4.5.1)
+    redis-client (0.14.1)
+      connection_pool
     redis-namespace (1.9.0)
       redis (>= 4)
     regexp_parser (2.6.0)
@@ -245,11 +247,11 @@ GEM
       sequel (>= 4.38.0)
     shotgun (0.9.2)
       rack (>= 1.0)
-    sidekiq (5.2.10)
-      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      rack-protection (>= 1.5.0)
-      redis (~> 4.5, < 4.6.0)
+    sidekiq (7.0.8)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.11.0)
     simplecov (0.21.2)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sequel
   sequel_pg
   shotgun
-  sidekiq (~> 5.2.0)
+  sidekiq (~> 7.0.8)
   simplecov
   simpleidn
   sinatra