diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b032ec2..1df79cd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ group :production do
   gem "fog-aws" # to remove once images migrated
   gem "sentry-rails"
   gem "sentry-ruby"
-  gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.0"
+  gem "sidekiq", "~> 7.1"
   gem "sidekiq-cron"
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 217a931..269e8dc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ GEM
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
     commonmarker (0.23.9)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
-    connection_pool (2.2.5)
+    connection_pool (2.4.1)
     crack (0.4.5)
       rexml
     crass (1.0.6)
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ GEM
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
-    rack (2.2.7)
+    rack (2.2.8)
     rack-attack (6.7.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 4)
     rack-cors (1.1.1)
@@ -707,6 +707,8 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     redcarpet (3.6.0)
     redis (4.8.1)
+    redis-client (0.17.0)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.5.0)
     request_store (1.5.1)
       rack (>= 1.4)
@@ -794,10 +796,11 @@ GEM
     sentry-ruby-core (5.3.1)
       concurrent-ruby
     seven_zip_ruby (1.3.0)
-    sidekiq (6.4.2)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.2.0)
+    sidekiq (7.1.3)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.14.0)
     sidekiq-cron (1.4.0)
       fugit (~> 1)
       sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
@@ -917,7 +920,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop-faker
   sentry-rails
   sentry-ruby
-  sidekiq (~> 6.0)
+  sidekiq (~> 7.1)
   sidekiq-cron
   spring (~> 2.0)
   spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0)