diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 629c1ef..9c7fb25 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ end
 gem 'rails', '~> 5.1.4'
 # updating dependencies because GitHub said to
 gem 'loofah', '~> 2.3.1'
-gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.10.4'
+gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.10.8'
 gem 'rails-html-sanitizer', '~> 1.0.4'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e0d38c5..288dd09 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ GEM
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
     nio4r (2.3.1)
-    nokogiri (1.10.4)
+    nokogiri (1.10.8)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
     oauth2 (1.4.1)
       faraday (>= 0.8, < 0.16.0)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   listen (>= 3.0.5, < 3.2)
   loofah (~> 2.3.1)
-  nokogiri (~> 1.10.4)
+  nokogiri (~> 1.10.8)
   omniauth
   omniauth-facebook
   pg