diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 35f1cbfa7..9532b4c01 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ gem 'darlingtonia', '~> 3.0'
 
 # user management
 gem 'devise', '4.8.1'
-gem 'devise-guests', '0.7.0'
+gem 'devise-guests', '0.8.1'
 gem 'devise_cas_authenticatable', '2.0.2'
 
 # we're using .env files to manage our secrets
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bcfd97aea..ff8166141 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 4.1.0)
       responders
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
-    devise-guests (0.7.0)
+    devise-guests (0.8.1)
       devise
     devise_cas_authenticatable (2.0.2)
       devise (>= 4.0.0)
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   darlingtonia (~> 3.0)
   database_cleaner (~> 2.0.1)
   devise (= 4.8.1)
-  devise-guests (= 0.7.0)
+  devise-guests (= 0.8.1)
   devise_cas_authenticatable (= 2.0.2)
   docile (~> 1.3.5)
   dotenv-rails (= 2.7.6)