diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 218f5efc0..16b25491a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gem 'bootstrap_form', '~> 4.5.0'
 
 # Our database is postgres
 gem 'pg', '~> 1.6'
-gem 'paper_trail', '~> 16.0'
+gem 'paper_trail', '~> 17.0'
 gem 'activerecord-session_store'
 
 # Our authentication library is devise, with oauth2 for google signin
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 29e2df537..4f213219b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 4.2)
       omniauth (~> 2.0)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
-    paper_trail (16.0.0)
-      activerecord (>= 6.1)
+    paper_trail (17.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 7.1)
       request_store (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.27.0)
     parser (3.3.9.0)
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri (>= 1.13.4)
   omniauth-google-oauth2 (~> 1.2.1)
   omniauth-rails_csrf_protection (~> 1.0)
-  paper_trail (~> 16.0)
+  paper_trail (~> 17.0)
   pdf-inspector
   pg (~> 1.6)
   prawn