diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e0295ebbe..3e8115480 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gem 'paleta', '~> 0.3' # Color manipulation, used for badges
 gem 'paper_trail', '~> 17.0' # Record previous versions of project data
 gem 'pg', '~> 1.4' # PostgreSQL database, used for data storage
 gem 'pg_search', '~> 2.3' # PostgreSQL full-text search
-gem 'puma', '~> 7.0' # Faster webserver; recommended by Heroku
+gem 'puma', '~> 8.0' # Faster webserver; recommended by Heroku
 gem 'rack', '~> 3.2.3' # interface between web server + web framework (Rails)
 gem 'rack-attack', '~> 6.8' # Implement rate limiting
 gem 'rack-cors', '~> 3.0' # Enable CORS so JavaScript clients can get JSON
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5cb2adc14..61ee72ee8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ GEM
       byebug (~> 13.0)
       pry (>= 0.13, < 0.17)
     public_suffix (7.0.5)
-    puma (7.2.1)
+    puma (8.0.2)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     raabro (1.5.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pg (~> 1.4)
   pg_search (~> 2.3)
   pry-byebug
-  puma (~> 7.0)
+  puma (~> 8.0)
   rack (~> 3.2.3)
   rack-attack (~> 6.8)
   rack-cors (~> 3.0)
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   pry (0.16.0) sha256=d76c69065698ed1f85e717bd33d7942c38a50868f6b0673c636192b3d1b6054e
   pry-byebug (3.12.0) sha256=594e094ae8a8390a7ad4c7b36ae36e13304ed02664c67417d108dc5f7213d1b7
   public_suffix (7.0.5) sha256=1a8bb08f1bbea19228d3bed6e5ed908d1cb4f7c2726d18bd9cadf60bc676f623
-  puma (7.2.1) sha256=d7bf0e9cabd532e0d401e142cd94e3ac531e993610e2d80e6fbf9c26961414b0
+  puma (8.0.2) sha256=c8ed871dfbbe66448ea9ffd46692342d9804d4071522b52b5331b7b6e7b686fb
   raabro (1.5.0) sha256=3f998a7bc84f9c84df3ab580634d2e0a5bda4f0841168d56035f529c9877440a
   racc (1.8.1) sha256=4a7f6929691dbec8b5209a0b373bc2614882b55fc5d2e447a21aaa691303d62f
   rack (3.2.6) sha256=5ed78e1f73b2e25679bec7d45ee2d4483cc4146eb1be0264fc4d94cb5ef212c2