diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bd8e9bd8fa1..3bb9448e405 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ gem 'addressable',        '~> 2.3.8'
 gem 'bootstrap-sass',     '~> 3.0'
 gem 'font-awesome-rails', '~> 4.2'
 gem 'gitlab_emoji',       '~> 0.1'
-gem 'gon',                '~> 5.0.0'
+gem 'gon',                '~> 6.0.1'
 gem 'jquery-atwho-rails', '~> 1.3.2'
 gem 'jquery-rails',       '~> 3.1.3'
 gem 'jquery-scrollto-rails', '~> 1.4.3'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 448941cfc8d..70c532f05de 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -312,9 +312,11 @@ GEM
       rouge (~> 1.10.1)
       sanitize (~> 2.1.0)
       stringex (~> 2.5.1)
-    gon (5.0.4)
-      actionpack (>= 2.3.0)
+    gon (6.0.1)
+      actionpack (>= 3.0)
       json
+      multi_json
+      request_store (>= 1.0)
     grape (0.13.0)
       activesupport
       builder
@@ -846,7 +848,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab_meta (= 7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (~> 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.0.2)
-  gon (~> 5.0.0)
+  gon (~> 6.0.1)
   grape (~> 0.13.0)
   grape-entity (~> 0.4.2)
   haml-rails (~> 0.9.0)