diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2bb560e11..fffa803d7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gem "rails", "~> 8.1.3"
 # The modern asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/propshaft]
 gem "propshaft"
 # Use postgresql as the database for Active Record
-gem "pg", "~> 1.1"
+gem "pg", "~> 1.7"
 # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]
 gem "puma", ">= 5.0"
 # Bundle and transpile JavaScript [https://github.com/rails/jsbundling-rails]
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bb1cff3ce..c679872ef 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ GEM
     parser (3.3.12.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
-    pg (1.6.3)
-    pg (1.6.3-aarch64-linux)
-    pg (1.6.3-aarch64-linux-musl)
-    pg (1.6.3-x86_64-linux)
-    pg (1.6.3-x86_64-linux-musl)
+    pg (1.7.0)
+    pg (1.7.0-aarch64-linux)
+    pg (1.7.0-aarch64-linux-musl)
+    pg (1.7.0-x86_64-linux)
+    pg (1.7.0-x86_64-linux-musl)
     pp (0.6.4)
       prettyprint
     pr_geohash (1.0.0)
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nkf
   oai
   parallel_tests
-  pg (~> 1.1)
+  pg (~> 1.7)
   pretender
   progress_bar
   propshaft