diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f8be54514d5b6..7a8d1b20ff850 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ group :production do
 end
 
 gem "active_record_union", "~> 1.3" # Adds proper union and union_all methods to ActiveRecord::Relation
-gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 6.5" # A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts
+gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 7.0" # A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts
 gem "acts_as_follower", github: "forem/acts_as_follower", branch: "master" # Allow any model to follow any other model
 gem "addressable", "~> 2.7" # A replacement for the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library
 gem "ahoy_email", "~> 1.1" # Email analytics for Rails
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d0f2eb938a470..9ca7ecf97ca84 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ GEM
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
-    acts-as-taggable-on (6.5.0)
-      activerecord (>= 5.0, < 6.1)
+    acts-as-taggable-on (7.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 5.0, < 6.2)
     addressable (2.7.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
     ahoy_email (1.1.0)
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   active_record_union (~> 1.3)
-  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 6.5)
+  acts-as-taggable-on (~> 7.0)
   acts_as_follower!
   addressable (~> 2.7)
   ahoy_email (~> 1.1)
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-7.0.0.gem b/vendor/cache/acts-as-taggable-on-7.0.0.gem
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