diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d75f25b0a..95e7c5974 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ gem 'rsolr', '~> 2.4.0'
 gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.3.2'
 
 # our jobs server
-gem 'sidekiq', '~> 5.2.9'
+gem 'sidekiq', '~> 7.2.0'
 gem 'sidekiq-cron', '~> 1.2.0'
 
 # using Slack for some of our messaging
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1f500455e..54ae5a25f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -689,13 +689,11 @@ GEM
       rdf
     raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
-    rack (2.2.7)
+    rack (2.2.8)
     rack-cas (0.16.1)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.5)
       rack (>= 1.3)
-    rack-protection (3.0.6)
-      rack
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rails (5.2.8.1)
@@ -800,7 +798,9 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2)
     redic (1.5.3)
       hiredis
-    redis (4.5.1)
+    redis (4.8.1)
+    redis-client (0.18.0)
+      connection_pool
     redis-namespace (1.11.0)
       redis (>= 4)
     redlock (1.3.2)
@@ -919,11 +919,11 @@ GEM
       sxp (~> 1.1)
     shoulda-matchers (4.5.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
-    sidekiq (5.2.10)
-      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      rack-protection (>= 1.5.0)
-      redis (~> 4.5, < 4.6.0)
+    sidekiq (7.2.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.14.0)
     sidekiq-cron (1.2.0)
       fugit (~> 1.1)
       sidekiq (>= 4.2.1)
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubyzip (~> 2.3.2)
   sass-rails (~> 5.1.0)
   shoulda-matchers (~> 4)
-  sidekiq (~> 5.2.9)
+  sidekiq (~> 7.2.0)
   sidekiq-cron (~> 1.2.0)
   simplecov (~> 0.21.2)
   slack-ruby-client (~> 0.14.6)