diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6a104aaad..99f9ab32d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ end
 gem 'ranked-model', '~> 0.4.8'
 gem 'restpack_serializer', git: 'https://github.com/zooniverse/restpack_serializer.git', branch: 'panoptes-api-version', ref: '5f1ef6c2b2'
 gem 'scientist', '~> 1.6.4'
-gem 'sidekiq', '< 7'
+gem 'sidekiq', '< 8'
 gem 'sidekiq-congestion', '~> 0.1.0'
 gem 'sidekiq-cron'
 gem 'sidekiq-unique-jobs'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c55184387..dc73c1936 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ GEM
       net-http-persistent (~> 4.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1, >= 1.10.8)
     bcrypt (3.1.18)
-    brpoplpush-redis_script (0.1.3)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
-      redis (>= 1.0, < 6)
     builder (3.2.4)
     case_transform (0.2)
       activesupport
@@ -255,6 +252,7 @@ GEM
     listen (3.8.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
+    logger (1.6.0)
     lograge (0.13.0)
       actionpack (>= 4)
       activesupport (>= 4)
@@ -348,7 +346,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
-    rack (2.2.8.1)
+    rack (2.2.9)
     rack-cors (1.1.1)
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
     rack-protection (3.0.5)
@@ -390,7 +388,10 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    redis (4.8.1)
+    redis (5.3.0)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.0)
+    redis-client (0.22.2)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.3.1)
     request_store (1.5.1)
       rack (>= 1.4)
@@ -456,10 +457,12 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
     scientist (1.6.4)
     shellany (0.0.1)
-    sidekiq (6.5.9)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
+    sidekiq (7.3.1)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      logger
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.2)
     sidekiq-congestion (0.1.1)
       congestion (~> 0.1)
       sidekiq (>= 3.0)
@@ -467,12 +470,10 @@ GEM
       fugit (~> 1.8)
       globalid (>= 1.0.1)
       sidekiq (>= 6)
-    sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.33)
-      brpoplpush-redis_script (> 0.1.1, <= 2.0.0)
+    sidekiq-unique-jobs (8.0.10)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
-      redis (< 5.0)
-      sidekiq (>= 5.0, < 7.0)
-      thor (>= 0.20, < 3.0)
+      sidekiq (>= 7.0.0, < 8.0.0)
+      thor (>= 1.0, < 3.0)
     spring (2.1.1)
     spring-commands-rspec (1.0.4)
       spring (>= 0.9.1)
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop-rails
   rubocop-rspec
   scientist (~> 1.6.4)
-  sidekiq (< 7)
+  sidekiq (< 8)
   sidekiq-congestion (~> 0.1.0)
   sidekiq-cron
   sidekiq-unique-jobs