diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e4968f2e7..6a29c69b4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ gem "rouge", "~> 3.29" # A pure-ruby code highlighter
 gem "rss", "~> 0.2.9" # Ruby's standard library for RSS
 gem "rubyzip", "~> 2.3" # Rubyzip is a ruby library for reading and writing zip files
 gem "s3_direct_upload", "~> 0.1" # Direct Upload to Amazon S3
-gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.4.2" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
-gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.4" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
+gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.5.0" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
+gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.5" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
 gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs", "~> 7.1.23" # Ensures that Sidekiq jobs are unique when enqueued
 gem "slack-notifier", "~> 2.4" # A slim ruby wrapper for posting to slack webhooks
 gem "sprockets-rails", "~> 3.4" # Sprockets Rails integration
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 384c2712a..29da62ec4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -811,11 +811,11 @@ GEM
     shellany (0.0.1)
     shoulda-matchers (5.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
-    sidekiq (6.4.2)
+    sidekiq (6.5.0)
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
       rack (~> 2.0)
       redis (>= 4.2.0)
-    sidekiq-cron (1.4.0)
+    sidekiq-cron (1.5.0)
       fugit (~> 1)
       sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
     sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.23)
@@ -1075,8 +1075,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   s3_direct_upload (~> 0.1)
   sassc-rails (~> 2.1.2)
   shoulda-matchers (~> 5.1.0)
-  sidekiq (~> 6.4.2)
-  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.4)
+  sidekiq (~> 6.5.0)
+  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.5)
   sidekiq-unique-jobs (~> 7.1.23)
   simplecov (~> 0.21.2)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
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