diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d181420ea5e..4efeca0b316 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gem 'actionpack-action_caching'
 #   AMS is deprecated, we will introduce an alternative at some point
 gem "active_model_serializers", "0.8.4"
 gem 'activerecord-session_store'
-gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', '~> 4.0'
+gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', '~> 7.0'
 gem 'angularjs-file-upload-rails', '~> 2.4.1'
 gem 'custom_error_message', github: 'jeremydurham/custom-err-msg'
 gem 'dalli'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ddd3a7be95d..91d99757303 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    acts-as-taggable-on (4.0.0)
-      activerecord (>= 4.0)
+    acts-as-taggable-on (7.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 5.0, < 6.2)
     acts_as_list (0.9.19)
       activerecord (>= 3.0)
     addressable (2.7.0)
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   activerecord-import
   activerecord-postgresql-adapter
   activerecord-session_store
-  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 4.0)
+  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 7.0)
   acts_as_list (= 0.9.19)
   andand
   angular-rails-templates (>= 0.3.0)