diff --git a/src/api/Gemfile b/src/api/Gemfile
index 8cecbe31bc0..101d06e2059 100644
--- a/src/api/Gemfile
+++ b/src/api/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This preamble is the current preamble for Rails 3 apps; edit as needed.
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', '~> 5.2'
+gem 'rails', '~> 6.0'
 
 # as our database
 gem 'mysql2'
diff --git a/src/api/Gemfile.lock b/src/api/Gemfile.lock
index 92ea34030ef..24ebbeb905c 100644
--- a/src/api/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/src/api/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,51 +2,65 @@ GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   remote: https://rails-assets.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (5.2.4.1)
-      actionpack (= 5.2.4.1)
+    actioncable (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailer (5.2.4.1)
-      actionpack (= 5.2.4.1)
-      actionview (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activejob (= 5.2.4.1)
+    actionmailbox (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activejob (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
+      mail (>= 2.7.1)
+    actionmailer (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actionview (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activejob (= 6.0.2.1)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (5.2.4.1)
-      actionview (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+    actionpack (6.0.2.1)
+      actionview (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
       rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.8)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    actionview (5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
+    actiontext (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
+    actionview (6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.3)
-    activejob (5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
+    activejob (6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+    activemodel (6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
     activemodel-serializers-xml (1.0.2)
       activemodel (> 5.x)
       activesupport (> 5.x)
       builder (~> 3.1)
-    activerecord (5.2.4.1)
-      activemodel (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
-      arel (>= 9.0)
-    activestorage (5.2.4.1)
-      actionpack (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activerecord (= 5.2.4.1)
+    activerecord (6.0.2.1)
+      activemodel (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
+    activestorage (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activejob (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.0.2.1)
       marcel (~> 0.3.1)
-    activesupport (5.2.4.1)
+    activesupport (6.0.2.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.2)
     acts_as_list (1.0.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.2)
     acts_as_tree (2.9.0)
@@ -61,7 +75,6 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 4.2)
     amq-protocol (2.3.0)
     ansi (1.5.0)
-    arel (9.0.0)
     ast (2.4.0)
     autoprefixer-rails (9.7.3)
       execjs
@@ -283,18 +296,20 @@ GEM
     rack (2.0.8)
     rack-test (1.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
-    rails (5.2.4.1)
-      actioncable (= 5.2.4.1)
-      actionmailer (= 5.2.4.1)
-      actionpack (= 5.2.4.1)
-      actionview (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activejob (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activemodel (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activerecord (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activestorage (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+    rails (6.0.2.1)
+      actioncable (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actionmailbox (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actionmailer (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actiontext (= 6.0.2.1)
+      actionview (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activejob (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activemodel (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activerecord (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activestorage (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
       bundler (>= 1.3.0)
-      railties (= 5.2.4.1)
+      railties (= 6.0.2.1)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0)
     rails-assets-airbrake-js-client (1.6.6)
     rails-controller-testing (1.0.4)
@@ -311,12 +326,12 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 3.1)
     rails_tokeninput (1.7.0)
       railties (>= 3.1.0)
-    railties (5.2.4.1)
-      actionpack (= 5.2.4.1)
-      activesupport (= 5.2.4.1)
+    railties (6.0.2.1)
+      actionpack (= 6.0.2.1)
+      activesupport (= 6.0.2.1)
       method_source
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
-      thor (>= 0.19.0, < 2.0)
+      thor (>= 0.20.3, < 2.0)
     rainbow (3.0.0)
     rake (13.0.1)
     rantly (2.0.0)
@@ -424,7 +439,7 @@ GEM
     tilt (2.0.10)
     timecop (0.9.1)
     tins (1.22.2)
-    tzinfo (1.2.5)
+    tzinfo (1.2.6)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     uglifier (4.2.0)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
@@ -447,6 +462,7 @@ GEM
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
     yajl-ruby (1.4.1)
+    zeitwerk (2.2.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -517,7 +533,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry-byebug
   puma (~> 4.0)
   pundit
-  rails (~> 5.2)
+  rails (~> 6.0)
   rails-assets-airbrake-js-client!
   rails-controller-testing
   rails-timeago (~> 2.0)