diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index abe2d9aa..3ca6e483 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gem 'storyblok', '~> 3.2'
 gem 'shallow_attributes', '~> 0.9.4'
 gem 'commonmarker', '~> 0.23'
 gem 'twitter_cldr', '~> 4.4', '>= 4.4.3'
-gem 'jwt', '~> 2.7', '>= 2.7.1'
+gem 'jwt', '~> 2.8'
 gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5.2'
 gem 'memoist', '~> 0.16.0'
 gem 'bootstrap_form', '~> 4.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bd0f5200..5633eddb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ GEM
     barnes (0.0.9)
       multi_json (~> 1)
       statsd-ruby (~> 1.1)
+    base64 (0.2.0)
     better_errors (2.10.1)
       erubi (>= 1.0.0)
       rack (>= 0.9.0)
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     json (2.6.3)
     jsonapi-renderer (0.2.2)
-    jwt (2.7.1)
+    jwt (2.8.1)
+      base64
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
     listen (3.8.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   erb_lint (~> 0.1.3)
   factory_bot_rails (~> 5.1)
   gemoji
-  jwt (~> 2.7, >= 2.7.1)
+  jwt (~> 2.8)
   listen (~> 3.8)
   memoist (~> 0.16.0)
   meta-tags (~> 2.11, >= 2.11.1)