diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
index 028f66767..8fc47d648 100644
--- a/Capfile
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require "rvm1/capistrano3"
 
 require "capistrano/puma"
 install_plugin Capistrano::Puma, load_hooks: false
-install_plugin Capistrano::Puma::Daemon
+install_plugin Capistrano::Puma::Systemd
 
 #SCM: Git
 require "capistrano/scm/git"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1333e42c9..69cc9ddf9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gem "omniauth-twitter", "~> 1.4.0"
 gem "paranoia", "~> 2.6.2"
 gem "pg", "~> 1.4.3"
 gem "pg_search", "~> 2.3.6"
-gem "puma", "~> 4.3.12"
+gem "puma", "~> 5.6.7"
 gem "recipient_interceptor", "~> 0.3.1"
 gem "redcarpet", "~> 3.6.0"
 gem "responders", "~> 3.1.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c643676db..f5694dce5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ GEM
       pronto (~> 0.11.0)
       scss_lint (~> 0.43, >= 0.43.0)
     public_suffix (4.0.7)
-    puma (4.3.12)
+    puma (5.6.7)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
     rack (2.2.8)
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pronto-eslint (~> 0.11.1)
   pronto-rubocop (~> 0.11.5)
   pronto-scss (~> 0.11.0)
-  puma (~> 4.3.12)
+  puma (~> 5.6.7)
   rails (= 6.1.7.4)
   rails-assets-markdown-it (~> 9.0.1)!
   recipient_interceptor (~> 0.3.1)
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 35a6b1a5b..2aa6237bc 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ set :fnm_install_node_command, -> { "#{fetch(:fnm_setup_command)} && fnm use --i
 set :fnm_map_bins, %w[bundle node npm puma pumactl rake yarn]
 
 set :puma_conf, "#{release_path}/config/puma/#{fetch(:rails_env)}.rb"
+set :puma_systemctl_user, :user
 
 set :delayed_job_workers, 2
 set :delayed_job_roles, :background
@@ -57,9 +58,6 @@ set :delayed_job_monitor, true
 set :whenever_roles, -> { :app }
 
 namespace :deploy do
-  Rake::Task["delayed_job:default"].clear_actions
-  Rake::Task["puma:smart_restart"].clear_actions
-
   after "rvm1:hook", "map_node_bins"
 
   after :updating, "install_node"
@@ -68,12 +66,7 @@ namespace :deploy do
   after "deploy:migrate", "add_new_settings"
 
   after :publishing, "setup_puma"
-
-  after :published, "deploy:restart"
-  before "deploy:restart", "puma:restart"
-  before "deploy:restart", "delayed_job:restart"
-  before "deploy:restart", "puma:start"
-
+  before "puma:smart_restart", "stop_puma_daemon"
   after :finished, "refresh_sitemap"
 
   desc "Deploys and runs the tasks needed to upgrade to a new release"
@@ -81,6 +74,9 @@ namespace :deploy do
     after "add_new_settings", "execute_release_tasks"
     invoke "deploy"
   end
+
+  before "deploy:restart", "puma:smart_restart"
+  before "deploy:restart", "delayed_job:restart"
 end
 
 task :install_ruby do
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ task :map_node_bins do
   on roles(:app) do
     within release_path do
       with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env) do
-        prefix = -> { "#{fetch(:fnm_setup_command)} && fnm exec" }
+        prefix = -> { "#{fetch(:fnm_path)}/fnm exec" }
 
         fetch(:fnm_map_bins).each do |command|
           SSHKit.config.command_map.prefix[command.to_sym].unshift(prefix)
@@ -169,10 +165,30 @@ end
 
 desc "Create pid and socket folders needed by puma"
 task :setup_puma do
-  on roles(:app) do
+  on roles(fetch(:puma_role)) do
     with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env) do
       execute "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/tmp/sockets; true"
       execute "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/tmp/pids; true"
     end
   end
+
+  after "setup_puma", "puma:systemd:config"
+  after "setup_puma", "puma:systemd:enable"
+end
+
+# Code adapted from the task to stop the daemon in capistrano3-puma
+desc "Stops the Puma daemon so systemd can start the Puma process"
+task :stop_puma_daemon do
+  on roles(fetch(:puma_role)) do |role|
+    within release_path do
+      with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env) do
+        if test("[ -f #{fetch(:puma_pid)} ]") &&
+           !test("systemctl --user is-active #{fetch(:puma_service_unit_name)}") &&
+           test(:kill, "-0 $( cat #{fetch(:puma_pid)} )")
+          info "Puma: stopping daemon"
+          execute :pumactl, "-S #{fetch(:puma_state)} -F #{fetch(:puma_conf)} stop"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/puma/defaults.rb b/config/puma/defaults.rb
index 5c1d52ea8..340a48f03 100644
--- a/config/puma/defaults.rb
+++ b/config/puma/defaults.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ state_path "#{rails_root}/tmp/pids/puma.state"
 stdout_redirect "#{rails_root}/log/puma_access.log", "#{rails_root}/log/puma_error.log", true
 
 bind "unix://#{rails_root}/tmp/sockets/puma.sock"
-daemonize
 
 threads 0, 16
 workers 2
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index c8d1f1cb9..b0755dbaf 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ every 1.day, at: "3:00 am", roles: [:cron] do
 end
 
 every :reboot do
-  command "cd #{@path} && bundle exec puma -C config/puma/#{@environment}.rb"
   # Number of workers must be kept in sync with capistrano's delayed_job_workers
   command "cd #{@path} && RAILS_ENV=#{@environment} bin/delayed_job -m -n 2 restart"
 end