diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2cddc1c37e..35b88aa2fc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ gem "pg" # Use PostgreSQL as the database for Active Record
 gem "pghero" # PostgreSQL performance monitoring and query insights
 gem "pg_query" # PostgreSQL query parser
 gem "pretender" # Allows admins to impersonate users
-gem "puma", "~> 7.0" # Use Puma as the app server
+gem "puma", "~> 8.0" # Use Puma as the app server
 gem "pundit" # Authorization management based on user.role field
 gem "rack-attack" # Blocking & throttling abusive requests
 gem "rack-cors" # Cross-origin resource sharing
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ce6a7bddd0..03b7ebd708 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ GEM
       timeout
     net-smtp (0.5.1)
       net-protocol
-    nio4r (2.7.4)
+    nio4r (2.7.5)
     nokogiri (1.19.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ GEM
       date
       stringio
     public_suffix (7.0.5)
-    puma (7.0.4)
+    puma (8.0.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     pundit (2.5.2)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   prosopite
   pry
   pry-byebug
-  puma (~> 7.0)
+  puma (~> 8.0)
   pundit
   rack-attack
   rack-cors