diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3941de052b..d81c9458c6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ gem "rack-attack"
 gem "ruby-vips"
 gem "sentry-rails"
 gem "sentry-ruby"
-gem "sidekiq", "<7"
+gem "sidekiq", "<8"
 gem "sidekiq-cron"
 gem "sitemap_generator"
 gem "validate_url"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 70611b3f77..b46d8fcec6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ GEM
     rdoc (6.5.0)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
     redcarpet (3.6.0)
-    redis (4.8.1)
+    redis-client (0.18.0)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
     reline (0.3.9)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -501,10 +502,11 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
     shoulda-matchers (5.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
-    sidekiq (6.5.11)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
+    sidekiq (7.2.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.14.0)
     sidekiq-cron (1.10.1)
       fugit (~> 1.8)
       globalid (>= 1.0.1)
@@ -630,7 +632,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sentry-rails
   sentry-ruby
   shoulda-matchers
-  sidekiq (< 7)
+  sidekiq (< 8)
   sidekiq-cron
   site_prism
   sitemap_generator