diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 649c1df5815ac..b1644f1566407 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else
   #
   # To issue a rails update bump the version number here
   rails_version = "7.0.7"
-  gem "actionmailer", rails_version
+  gem "actionmailer", ">= 7.2.0", rails_version
   gem "actionpack", rails_version
   gem "actionview", rails_version
   gem "activemodel", rails_version
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ gem "rake"
 gem "thor", require: false
 gem "diffy", require: false
 gem "rinku"
-gem "sidekiq"
+gem "sidekiq", ">= 8.0.0"
 gem "mini_scheduler"
 
 gem "execjs", require: false
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ gem "mini_racer"
 
 gem "highline", require: false
 
-gem "rack"
+gem "rack", ">= 2.2.14"
 
-gem "rack-protection" # security
+gem "rack-protection" , ">= 4.0.0" # security
 gem "cbor", require: false
 gem "cose", require: false
 gem "addressable"
 gem "json_schemer"
 
 gem "net-smtp", require: false
-gem "net-imap", require: false
+gem "net-imap", ">= 0.3.9", require: false
 gem "net-pop", require: false
 gem "digest", require: false
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f6bafc6f261e..fa5775e969e7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+x
+
 <a href="https://www.discourse.org/">
   <img src="images/discourse-readme-logo.png" width="300px">
 </a>