diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 83021471a..4017c0f2b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ gem "sentry-rails"
 gem "sentry-ruby"
 gem "sentry-sidekiq"
 
-gem "sidekiq", "< 7" # remove version constraint once are ready to upgrade https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/main/docs/7.0-Upgrade.md
+gem "sidekiq", "< 9" # remove version constraint once are ready to upgrade https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/main/docs/7.0-Upgrade.md
 gem "sidekiq-scheduler"
 
 gem "questiongenerator", "~> 1.1"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6b3630987..be5337569 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -372,14 +372,14 @@ GEM
     questiongenerator (1.1.0)
     raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (2.2.17)
-    rack-session (1.0.2)
-      rack (< 3)
+    rack (3.2.0)
+    rack-session (2.1.1)
+      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
+      rack (>= 3.0.0)
     rack-test (2.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
-    rackup (1.0.1)
-      rack (< 3)
-      webrick
+    rackup (2.2.1)
+      rack (>= 3)
     rails (7.1.5.1)
       actioncable (= 7.1.5.1)
       actionmailbox (= 7.1.5.1)
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ GEM
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
     redcarpet (3.6.1)
     redis (4.8.1)
+    redis-client (0.25.1)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.10.0)
     reline (0.6.1)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -531,14 +533,15 @@ GEM
       sidekiq (>= 3.0)
     shoulda-matchers (6.5.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
-    sidekiq (6.5.12)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
-    sidekiq-scheduler (5.0.6)
+    sidekiq (8.0.6)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.5.0)
+      json (>= 2.9.0)
+      logger (>= 1.6.2)
+      rack (>= 3.1.0)
+      redis-client (>= 0.23.2)
+    sidekiq-scheduler (6.0.1)
       rufus-scheduler (~> 3.2)
-      sidekiq (>= 6, < 8)
-      tilt (>= 1.4.0, < 3)
+      sidekiq (>= 7.3, < 9)
     signet (0.19.0)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
       faraday (>= 0.17.5, < 3.a)
@@ -599,7 +602,6 @@ GEM
     web-push (3.0.1)
       jwt (~> 2.0)
       openssl (~> 3.0)
-    webrick (1.9.1)
     websocket-driver (0.7.7)
       base64
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sentry-ruby
   sentry-sidekiq
   shoulda-matchers (~> 6.5)
-  sidekiq (< 7)
+  sidekiq (< 9)
   sidekiq-scheduler
   simplecov
   simplecov-cobertura