diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0d3aae3a2..dd5eda1b0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ 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", "~> 6.5.1" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
-gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.6" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
+gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.7" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
 gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs", "~> 7.1.25" # 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 e7c81be7d..bab5f9c8a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ GEM
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
       rack (~> 2.0)
       redis (>= 4.2.0)
-    sidekiq-cron (1.6.0)
+    sidekiq-cron (1.7.0)
       fugit (~> 1)
       sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
     sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.25)
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ GEM
       multipart-post (~> 2.0)
       naught (~> 1.0)
       simple_oauth (~> 0.3.0)
-    tzinfo (2.0.4)
+    tzinfo (2.0.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     uglifier (4.2.0)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sassc-rails (~> 2.1.2)
   shoulda-matchers (~> 5.1.0)
   sidekiq (~> 6.5.1)
-  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.6)
+  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.7)
   sidekiq-unique-jobs (~> 7.1.25)
   simplecov (~> 0.21.2)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
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