diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cf8cfc5d..a752c174 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ GEM
       database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
     database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
     date (3.3.4)
-    date (3.3.4-java)
     debug (1.9.1)
       irb (~> 1.10)
       reline (>= 0.3.8)
diff --git a/iqvoc.gemspec b/iqvoc.gemspec
index 82478a17..d9fcbfee 100644
--- a/iqvoc.gemspec
+++ b/iqvoc.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = 'iQvoc - a SKOS(-XL) vocabulary management system built on the Semantic Web'
   s.license     = 'Apache-2.0'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 7.0.8'
+  s.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 7.1.0'
   s.add_dependency 'puma'
   s.add_dependency 'bootsnap'
   s.add_dependency 'bundler'