diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 37aeb09e93ca389b24e2feb8a49c16d7fafff06d..a09d44f8bfdc41d61501dbfcfe1f872832555213 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ end
 gem "newrelic_rpm", '~> 3.9.4.245'
 gem 'newrelic-grape'
 
-gem 'octokit', '~> 3.7.0'
+gem 'octokit', '~> 3.8.0'
 
 gem "mail_room", "~> 0.6.1"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 87895c55886d20ba9facbe26b9b68f81d57dd5c7..d2c4ddfba5663454ffa14fd2a4d55bf3b0104ab5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.3)
       multi_xml (~> 0.5)
       rack (~> 1.2)
-    octokit (3.7.1)
+    octokit (3.8.0)
       sawyer (~> 0.6.0, >= 0.5.3)
     omniauth (1.2.2)
       hashie (>= 1.2, < 4)
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri (= 1.6.7.2)
   nprogress-rails (~> 0.1.6.7)
   oauth2 (~> 1.0.0)
-  octokit (~> 3.7.0)
+  octokit (~> 3.8.0)
   omniauth (~> 1.2.2)
   omniauth-azure-oauth2 (~> 0.0.6)
   omniauth-bitbucket (~> 0.0.2)