diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 57cf282eb..24ba9a38d 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.5
+2.7.0
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8dd8b8585..68763c074 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cache:
     - node_modules
     - $HOME/.nvm
 rvm:
-  - 2.6.5
+  - 2.7.0
 addons:
   postgresql: '9.6'
   chrome: 'stable'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fc257713a..865061351 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ruby:2.6.5-alpine3.10
+FROM ruby:2.7.0-alpine3.10
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f5191956b..13a90aaa3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   zonebie (~> 0.6.1)
 
 RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 2.6.5p114
+   ruby 2.7.0p0
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.1.4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75a0e71d7..d811663ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <br>
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/">
-    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Ruby-v2.6.5-green.svg" alt="ruby version">
+    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Ruby-v2.7.0-green.svg" alt="ruby version">
   </a>
   <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Rails-v5.2.3-brightgreen.svg" alt="rails version">
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index f441dcc4e..a1aa57925 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Silence all Ruby 2.7 deprecation warnings
+$VERBOSE = nil
+
 Rails.application.configure do
   # Verifies that versions and hashed value of the package contents in the project's package.json
   # As the integrity check is currently broken under Docker with webpacker,
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index a460de665..e5dd030fa 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Silence all Ruby 2.7 deprecation warnings
+$VERBOSE = nil unless ENV["CI"]
+
 Rails.application.configure do
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb.
 
diff --git a/docs/.ruby-version b/docs/.ruby-version
index 57cf282eb..24ba9a38d 100644
--- a/docs/.ruby-version
+++ b/docs/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.5
+2.7.0
diff --git a/docs/Gemfile b/docs/Gemfile
index 94c7358de..03dcd7500 100644
--- a/docs/Gemfile
+++ b/docs/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
-ruby "2.6.5"
+ruby "2.7.0"
 
 gem "activerecord", "~> 5.2.3" # Databases on Rails
 gem "yard", "~> 0.9.19" # YARD is a documentation generation tool for the Ruby programming language
diff --git a/docs/installation/linux.md b/docs/installation/linux.md
index d3e21fe24..2723706f9 100644
--- a/docs/installation/linux.md
+++ b/docs/installation/linux.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ but they have only been tested on Ubuntu 18.04._
    [rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv). Please follow their
    [installation guide](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv#installation).
 1. With the Ruby version manager, install the Ruby version listed on our badge.
-   (ie with rbenv: `rbenv install 2.6.5`)
+   (ie with rbenv: `rbenv install 2.7.0`)
 
 For very detailed rbenv installation directions on several distros, please visit
 [DigitalOcean's guide](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-ubuntu-18-04).
diff --git a/docs/installation/mac.md b/docs/installation/mac.md
index 6d01e0fc0..f49d9c135 100644
--- a/docs/installation/mac.md
+++ b/docs/installation/mac.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ title: macOS
    [rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv). Please follow their
    [installation guide](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv#installation).
 2. With the Ruby version manager, install the Ruby version listed on our badge.
-   (i.e. with rbenv: `rbenv install 2.6.5`)
+   (i.e. with rbenv: `rbenv install 2.7.0`)
 
 ### Yarn
 
diff --git a/docs/installation/windows.md b/docs/installation/windows.md
index 942163faa..b3ce2b229 100644
--- a/docs/installation/windows.md
+++ b/docs/installation/windows.md
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
 echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
 exec $SHELL
 
-rbenv install 2.6.5
-rbenv global 2.6.5
+rbenv install 2.7.0
+rbenv global 2.7.0
 ruby -v
 ```