diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b198b4fbc..5f080cbe3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ gem "countries", "~> 5.5" # All sorts of useful information about every country
 gem "ddtrace", "~> 1.15.0" # ddtrace is Datadog’s tracing client for Ruby.
 gem "devise", "~> 4.8" # Flexible authentication solution for Rails
 gem "devise_invitable", "~> 2.0.6" # Allows invitations to be sent for joining
-gem "dogstatsd-ruby", "~> 4.8" # A client for DogStatsD, an extension of the StatsD metric server for Datadog
+gem "dogstatsd-ruby", "~> 5.6" # A client for DogStatsD, an extension of the StatsD metric server for Datadog
 gem "email_validator", "~> 2.2" # Email validator for Rails and ActiveModel
 gem "emoji_regex", "~> 3.2" # A pair of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols
 gem "fastimage", "~> 2.2" # FastImage finds the size or type of an image given its uri by fetching as little as needed.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4189580e7..dd88ae431 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ GEM
       devise (>= 4.6)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
     docile (1.4.0)
-    dogstatsd-ruby (4.8.3)
+    dogstatsd-ruby (5.6.1)
     domain_name (0.5.20190701)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   derailed_benchmarks (~> 2.1)
   devise (~> 4.8)
   devise_invitable (~> 2.0.6)
-  dogstatsd-ruby (~> 4.8)
+  dogstatsd-ruby (~> 5.6)
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.8.1)
   easy_translate (~> 0.5.1)
   email_validator (~> 2.2)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-4.8.3.gem b/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-4.8.3.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-5.6.1.gem b/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-5.6.1.gem
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