diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 51a2f9e5f..99803885d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gem "devise", "~> 4.7" # Flexible authentication solution for Rails
 gem "dogstatsd-ruby", "~> 4.8" # A client for DogStatsD, an extension of the StatsD metric server for Datadog
 gem "doorkeeper", "~> 5.4" # Oauth 2 provider
 gem "dry-struct", "~> 1.2" # Typed structs and value objects
-gem "elasticsearch", "~> 7.7" # Powers DEVs core search functionality
+gem "elasticsearch", "~> 7.8" # Powers DEVs core search functionality
 gem "email_validator", "~> 2.0" # Email validator for Rails and ActiveModel
 gem "emoji_regex", "~> 3.0" # A pair of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols
 gem "envied", "~> 0.9" # Ensure presence and type of your app's ENV-variables
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 97638eee9..fcba3b39c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -282,12 +282,12 @@ GEM
       dry-equalizer (~> 0.3)
       dry-inflector (~> 0.1, >= 0.1.2)
       dry-logic (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    elasticsearch (7.7.0)
-      elasticsearch-api (= 7.7.0)
-      elasticsearch-transport (= 7.7.0)
-    elasticsearch-api (7.7.0)
+    elasticsearch (7.8.0)
+      elasticsearch-api (= 7.8.0)
+      elasticsearch-transport (= 7.8.0)
+    elasticsearch-api (7.8.0)
       multi_json
-    elasticsearch-transport (7.7.0)
+    elasticsearch-transport (7.8.0)
       faraday (~> 1)
       multi_json
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dogstatsd-ruby (~> 4.8)
   doorkeeper (~> 5.4)
   dry-struct (~> 1.2)
-  elasticsearch (~> 7.7)
+  elasticsearch (~> 7.8)
   email_validator (~> 2.0)
   emoji_regex (~> 3.0)
   envied (~> 0.9)
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