diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index 450d67b63..0cf031672 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 ruby '2.7.2'
 
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
-gem 'rails', '~> 6.0.3', '>= 6.0.3.6'
+gem 'rails', '~> 7.1.0'
 # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
 gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4'
 # Use Puma as the app server
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gem 'puma', '~> 4.1'
 gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false
 
 # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible
-gem 'rack-cors'
+gem 'rack-cors', '>= 2.0.0'
 
 gem 'mysql2'