diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0f9a2fafa..c54a7c4b6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ group :production do
 end
 
 gem "active_record_union", "~> 1.3" # Adds proper union and union_all methods to ActiveRecord::Relation
-gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 7.0" # A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts
+gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 8.0" # A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts
 gem "acts_as_follower", github: "forem/acts_as_follower", branch: "master" # Allow any model to follow any other model
 gem "addressable", "~> 2.7" # A replacement for the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library
 gem "ahoy_email", "~> 2.0.2" # Email analytics for Rails
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9a4f3589c..c8e475d1a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ GEM
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.3)
-    acts-as-taggable-on (7.0.0)
+    acts-as-taggable-on (8.0.0)
       activerecord (>= 5.0, < 6.2)
     addressable (2.7.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   active_record_union (~> 1.3)
-  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 7.0)
+  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 8.0)
   acts_as_follower!
   addressable (~> 2.7)
   ahoy_email (~> 2.0.2)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-7.0.0.gem b/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-7.0.0.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-8.0.0.gem b/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-8.0.0.gem
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