diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 009dce848..d3cc88b85 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ gem 'term-ansicolor', :require => 'term/ansicolor'
 gem 'rubyzip', '~> 3.2'
 gem 'espeak-ruby', '~> 1.1.0' # Text-to-Voice
 gem 'rake', '~> 13.3'
-gem 'activerecord', '~> 8.0' 
+gem 'activerecord', '~> 8.1' 
 gem 'otr-activerecord', '~> 2.6.0'
 gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.8'
 gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.81.7', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8670277f0..11a099124 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activemodel (8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
-    activerecord (8.0.4)
-      activemodel (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    activemodel (8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
+    activerecord (8.1.1)
+      activemodel (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activesupport (8.0.4)
+    activesupport (8.1.1)
       base64
-      benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
       drb
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      json
       logger (>= 1.4.2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ GEM
       async
       io-endpoint
     base64 (0.3.0)
-    benchmark (0.5.0)
     bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     browserstack-local (1.4.3)
     byebug (12.0.0)
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux-musl
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activerecord (~> 8.0)
+  activerecord (~> 8.1)
   ansi (~> 1.5)
   async (~> 1.32)
   async-dns (~> 1.4)