diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index 6b155df7..791595a2 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ gem "omniauth-facebook", "3.0.0"
 gem "colored", "~> 1.2"
 
 # Background jobs
-gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.4"
+gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.5"
 
 # Structured seed data
 gem "seedbank"
diff --git a/backend/Gemfile.lock b/backend/Gemfile.lock
index 40972916..c7b3afce 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Gemfile.lock
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ GEM
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.1)
     colored (1.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
-    connection_pool (2.2.5)
+    connection_pool (2.4.1)
     countries (4.0.1)
       i18n_data (~> 0.13.0)
       sixarm_ruby_unaccent (~> 1.1)
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ GEM
     pusher-signature (0.1.8)
     racc (1.7.1)
     racc (1.7.1-java)
-    rack (2.2.7)
+    rack (2.2.8)
     rack-cors (1.1.1)
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 1.0)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.0.6)
-    redis (4.5.1)
+    redis (4.8.1)
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
     request_store (1.5.0)
       rack (>= 1.4)
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 10.0)
     shoulda-matchers (5.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
-    sidekiq (6.4.0)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
+    sidekiq (6.5.10)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
       rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.2.0)
+      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-progressbar
   seedbank
   shoulda-matchers
-  sidekiq (~> 6.4)
+  sidekiq (~> 6.5)
   simplecov
   standardrb
   symmetric-encryption