diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9b0512ad6..4a5a84567 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ gem "devise_invitable", "~> 2.0.3" # 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 "doorkeeper", "~> 5.4" # Oauth 2 provider
 gem "elasticsearch", "~> 7.10" # Powers DEVs core search functionality
-gem "email_validator", "~> 2.0" # Email validator for Rails and ActiveModel
+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 "fastly", "~> 2.5" # Client library for the Fastly acceleration system
 gem "feedjira", "~> 3.1" # A feed fetching and parsing library
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3f5909f4d..38096d415 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ GEM
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
       http_parser.rb (~> 0.6.0)
-    email_validator (2.0.1)
+    email_validator (2.2.2)
       activemodel
     emoji_regex (3.2.1)
     environs (1.1.0)
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   doorkeeper (~> 5.4)
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7.6)
   elasticsearch (~> 7.10)
-  email_validator (~> 2.0)
+  email_validator (~> 2.2)
   emoji_regex (~> 3.2)
   erb_lint (~> 0.0.34)
   exifr (>= 1.3.6)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/email_validator-2.0.1.gem b/vendor/cache/email_validator-2.0.1.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/email_validator-2.2.2.gem b/vendor/cache/email_validator-2.2.2.gem
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