diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9bebc8324..9c6229013 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.4' # JavaScript jQuery library (for Rails)
 # for jquery-ui/autocomplete (a polyfill for missing functionality in Safari).
 gem 'lograge', '~> 0.12' # Simplify logs
 gem 'mail', '~> 2.7' # Ruby mail handler
-gem 'octokit', '~> 7' # GitHub's official Ruby API
+gem 'octokit', '~> 10' # GitHub's official Ruby API
 gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 2.0' # Authentication to GitHub (get project info)
 #
 # Gem omniauth-rails_csrf_protection protects omniauth logins and
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d81375c36..80e80d532 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.2, < 4)
       snaky_hash (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.3)
       version_gem (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.8)
-    octokit (7.2.0)
+    octokit (10.0.0)
       faraday (>= 1, < 3)
       sawyer (~> 0.9)
     omniauth (2.1.3)
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mdl (= 0.13.0)
   minitest-reporters
   minitest-retry
-  octokit (~> 7)
+  octokit (~> 10)
   omniauth-github (~> 2.0)
   omniauth-rails_csrf_protection (~> 1.0)
   pagy (~> 9.0)