diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6f12296..ddc3617 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   # faker for generating fake data
   gem "faker", "~> 3.1"
 
-  gem "dotenv-rails", "~> 2.8"
+  gem "dotenv-rails", "~> 3.1"
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8a370e6..b3c3861 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ GEM
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
     bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.1)
     benchmark (0.4.1)
-    bigdecimal (3.2.3)
+    bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootsnap (1.18.6)
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 4.1.0)
       responders
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
-    dotenv (2.8.1)
-    dotenv-rails (2.8.1)
-      dotenv (= 2.8.1)
-      railties (>= 3.2)
+    dotenv (3.1.8)
+    dotenv-rails (3.1.8)
+      dotenv (= 3.1.8)
+      railties (>= 6.1)
     drb (2.2.3)
     ed25519 (1.4.0)
-    erb (5.0.2)
+    erb (5.1.1)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     et-orbi (1.4.0)
       tzinfo
@@ -161,17 +161,17 @@ GEM
     jsbundling-rails (1.3.1)
       railties (>= 6.0.0)
     json (2.13.2)
-    kamal (1.9.3)
+    kamal (2.7.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.0)
       base64 (~> 0.2)
       bcrypt_pbkdf (~> 1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.2)
-      dotenv (~> 2.8)
-      ed25519 (~> 1.2)
-      net-ssh (~> 7.0)
+      dotenv (~> 3.1)
+      ed25519 (~> 1.4)
+      net-ssh (~> 7.3)
       sshkit (>= 1.23.0, < 2.0)
-      thor (~> 1.2)
-      zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
+      thor (~> 1.3)
+      zeitwerk (>= 2.6.18, < 3.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.5)
     launchy (3.1.1)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ GEM
     mini_magick (5.3.1)
       logger
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.25.5)
+    minitest (5.26.0)
     msgpack (1.8.0)
     net-imap (0.5.11)
       date
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ GEM
     pg (1.6.2-aarch64-linux-musl)
     pg (1.6.2-x86_64-linux)
     pg (1.6.2-x86_64-linux-musl)
-    pp (0.6.2)
+    pp (0.6.3)
       prettyprint
     premailer (1.27.0)
       addressable
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ GEM
     unicode-display_width (3.2.0)
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.1)
     unicode-emoji (4.1.0)
-    uri (1.0.3)
+    uri (1.0.4)
     useragent (0.16.11)
     warden (1.2.9)
       rack (>= 2.0.9)
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   cssbundling-rails
   debug
   devise (~> 4.9)
-  dotenv-rails (~> 2.8)
+  dotenv-rails (~> 3.1)
   faker (~> 3.1)
   geocoder (~> 1.8)
   i18n-debug