diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a5be5ff4e..c12660ef4 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", "~> 6.4.1" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
-gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.1" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
+gem "sidekiq-cron", "~> 1.3" # Allows execution of scheduled cron jobs as specific times
 gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs", "~> 7.1.18" # 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 de4df9253..cd2702e22 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ GEM
       smart_properties
     errbase (0.2.2)
     erubi (1.10.0)
-    et-orbi (1.2.4)
+    et-orbi (1.2.7)
       tzinfo
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     excon (0.92.1)
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.11, < 2.0.0)
     formatador (0.3.0)
     front_matter_parser (1.0.1)
-    fugit (1.4.4)
-      et-orbi (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.8)
+    fugit (1.5.3)
+      et-orbi (~> 1, >= 1.2.7)
       raabro (~> 1.4)
     gemoji (4.0.0.rc3)
     get_process_mem (0.2.7)
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ GEM
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
       rack (~> 2.0)
       redis (>= 4.2.0)
-    sidekiq-cron (1.2.0)
-      fugit (~> 1.1)
+    sidekiq-cron (1.3.0)
+      fugit (>= 1.1)
       sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
     sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.18)
       brpoplpush-redis_script (> 0.1.1, <= 2.0.0)
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sassc-rails (~> 2.1.2)
   shoulda-matchers (~> 5.1.0)
   sidekiq (~> 6.4.1)
-  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.1)
+  sidekiq-cron (~> 1.3)
   sidekiq-unique-jobs (~> 7.1.18)
   simplecov (~> 0.21.2)
   slack-notifier (~> 2.4)
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