diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7f2bef566..59832ca8b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 8.1.0"
 gem "acts_as_votable", "~> 0.13.2"
 gem "ahoy_matey", "~> 3.2.0"
 gem "airbrake", "~> 11.0.3"
-gem "ancestry", "~> 4.1.0"
+gem "ancestry", "~> 4.2.0"
 gem "audited", "~> 5.0.1"
 gem "autoprefixer-rails", "~> 8.2.0"
 gem "cancancan", "~> 3.3.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bd0f5fb1d..5480caf68 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ GEM
     akami (1.3.1)
       gyoku (>= 0.4.0)
       nokogiri
-    ancestry (4.1.0)
+    ancestry (4.2.0)
       activerecord (>= 5.2.6)
     ast (2.4.2)
     audited (5.0.1)
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   acts_as_votable (~> 0.13.2)
   ahoy_matey (~> 3.2.0)
   airbrake (~> 11.0.3)
-  ancestry (~> 4.1.0)
+  ancestry (~> 4.2.0)
   audited (~> 5.0.1)
   autoprefixer-rails (~> 8.2.0)
   bullet (~> 6.1.4)