diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e3e7ef2aa27..ae1301c335a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'test-prof', '~> 0.2.5'
 end
 
-gem 'octokit', '~> 4.8'
+gem 'octokit', '~> 4.9'
 
 gem 'mail_room', '~> 0.9.1'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 767472a8a7a..e6e8f3d11bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.3)
       multi_xml (~> 0.5)
       rack (>= 1.2, < 3)
-    octokit (4.8.0)
+    octokit (4.9.0)
       sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
     omniauth (1.8.1)
       hashie (>= 3.4.6, < 3.6.0)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   net-ssh (~> 4.2.0)
   nokogiri (~> 1.8.2)
   oauth2 (~> 1.4)
-  octokit (~> 4.8)
+  octokit (~> 4.9)
   omniauth (~> 1.8)
   omniauth-auth0 (~> 2.0.0)
   omniauth-authentiq (~> 0.3.3)