diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 413f9f1f3..c838e0d75 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ gem "omniauth-github", "~> 1.3" # OmniAuth strategy for GitHub
 gem "omniauth-twitter", "~> 1.4" # OmniAuth strategy for Twitter
 gem "pg", "~> 1.1" # Pg is the Ruby interface to the PostgreSQL RDBMS
 gem "puma", "~> 4.1" # Puma is a simple, fast, threaded, and highly concurrent HTTP 1.1 server
-gem "pundit", "~> 2.0" # Object oriented authorization for Rails applications
+gem "pundit", "~> 2.1" # Object oriented authorization for Rails applications
 gem "pusher", "~> 1.3" # Ruby library for Pusher Channels HTTP API
 gem "pusher-push-notifications", "~> 1.1" # Pusher Push Notifications Ruby server SDK
 gem "rack-timeout", "~> 0.5" # Rack middleware which aborts requests that have been running for longer than a specified timeout
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6cd6df8d4..29c4a5399 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ GEM
     public_suffix (3.1.1)
     puma (4.1.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
-    pundit (2.0.1)
+    pundit (2.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     pundit-matchers (1.6.0)
       rspec-rails (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry-byebug (~> 3.7)
   pry-rails (~> 0.3)
   puma (~> 4.1)
-  pundit (~> 2.0)
+  pundit (~> 2.1)
   pundit-matchers (~> 1.6)
   pusher (~> 1.3)
   pusher-push-notifications (~> 1.1)