diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8d4fe1c4e..28dec7e19 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gem 'jekyll-include-cache'
 gem 'html-proofer', '3.19.4'
 gem 'tzinfo-data'
 gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm'
-gem 'octokit', '~> 4.25'
+gem 'octokit', '~> 8.0'
 
 
 # This is only used for the blog and can be removed after it moves to Hugo
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0dfd102a1..76cb67aea 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.8.0)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
+    addressable (2.8.5)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     asciidoctor (2.0.17)
+    base64 (0.1.1)
     colorator (1.1.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
     em-websocket (0.5.3)
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ GEM
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     extras (0.3.0)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.5)
-    faraday (2.3.0)
-      faraday-net_http (~> 2.0)
+    faraday (2.7.11)
+      base64
+      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
-    faraday-net_http (2.0.3)
+    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
     fastimage (2.2.6)
     ffi (1.15.5)
     forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
@@ -81,13 +83,13 @@ GEM
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nuggets (1.6.0)
-    octokit (4.25.0)
+    octokit (8.0.0)
       faraday (>= 1, < 3)
       sawyer (~> 0.9)
     parallel (1.22.1)
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
-    public_suffix (4.0.7)
+    public_suffix (5.0.3)
     racc (1.6.1)
     rack (1.6.13)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jekyll-redirect-from
   jekyll-tagging
   kramdown-parser-gfm
-  octokit (~> 4.25)
+  octokit (~> 8.0)
   tzinfo-data
 
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