diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1423e58f7..9428dba99 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 209edae61..bbf50ea21 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ GEM
     congestion (0.1.0)
       connection_pool (>= 2.0)
       redis (>= 3.1)
-    connection_pool (2.4.0)
+    connection_pool (2.4.1)
     crack (0.4.5)
       rexml
     crass (1.0.6)
@@ -388,7 +388,10 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    redis (4.8.1)
+    redis (5.0.6)
+      redis-client (>= 0.9.0)
+    redis-client (0.14.1)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.3.1)
     request_store (1.5.1)
       rack (>= 1.4)
@@ -453,10 +456,11 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
     scientist (1.6.4)
     shellany (0.0.1)
-    sidekiq (6.5.8)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
+    sidekiq (7.1.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.14.0)
     sidekiq-congestion (0.1.1)
       congestion (~> 0.1)
       sidekiq (>= 3.0)
@@ -464,12 +468,11 @@ GEM
       fugit (~> 1.8)
       globalid (>= 1.0.1)
       sidekiq (>= 6)
-    sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.29)
+    sidekiq-unique-jobs (8.0.2)
       brpoplpush-redis_script (> 0.1.1, <= 2.0.0)
       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)
@@ -490,7 +493,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport
       colorize (>= 0.8.1)
       rest-client (>= 2.0.2)
-    thor (1.2.1)
+    thor (1.2.2)
     timeout (0.3.2)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -577,7 +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