diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5f945da99..ef0ed9557 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ end
 
 # Optional gem for OpenID authentication
 group :openid do
-  gem "ruby-openid", "~> 2.3.0", :require => "openid"
+  gem "ruby-openid", "~> 2.7.0", :require => "openid"
   gem "rack-openid"
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f7f9d7136..154bd17fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ GEM
     roadie-rails (1.2.1)
       railties (>= 3.0, < 5.2)
       roadie (~> 3.1)
-    ruby-openid (2.3.0)
+    ruby-openid (2.7.0)
     rubyzip (1.2.1)
     selenium-webdriver (3.6.0)
       childprocess (~> 0.5)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rmagick (>= 2.14.0)
   roadie (~> 3.2.1)
   roadie-rails (~> 1.2.1)
-  ruby-openid (~> 2.3.0)
+  ruby-openid (~> 2.7.0)
   selenium-webdriver
   simplecov (~> 0.14.1)
   tzinfo-data