diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6a104aaad..6233edeb9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ gem 'omniauth-facebook', '~> 5.0'
 gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2'
 gem 'p3p', '~> 2.0'
 gem 'panoptes-client'
-gem 'pg', '~> 1.4'
+gem 'pg', '~> 1.5'
 gem 'pg_search'
 gem 'puma', '~> 6.4.2'
 gem 'pundit', '~> 2.3.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cf5998618..570ec324b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ GEM
     parallel (1.22.1)
     parser (3.1.2.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
-    pg (1.4.6)
+    pg (1.5.6)
     pg_search (2.3.6)
       activerecord (>= 5.2)
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   omniauth-google-oauth2
   p3p (~> 2.0)
   panoptes-client
-  pg (~> 1.4)
+  pg (~> 1.5)
   pg_search
   pry
   puma (~> 6.4.2)