diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 420a0721d..781bc0fed 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ gem 'simple_form', '~> 5.3.1'
 gem 'slack-notifier', '~> 2.4.0'
 gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5.2.1'
 gem 'uglifier', '~> 4.2.1'
-gem 'validates_timeliness', '~> 7.1.0'
+gem 'validates_timeliness', '~> 8.0.0'
 gem 'webpacker', '~> 5.4.4'
 gem 'wicked_pdf'
 gem 'wkhtmltopdf-binary'