diff --git a/Gemfile.d/app.rb b/Gemfile.d/app.rb
index 921aea1f63e..a3c6a397ee2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.d/app.rb
+++ b/Gemfile.d/app.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gem 'ims-lti', '2.1.0.beta.3', require: 'ims'
 gem 'json', '1.8.3'
 gem 'oj', '2.17.1'
 gem 'jwt', '1.2.1', require: false
-gem 'json-jwt', '1.5.1', require: false
+gem 'json-jwt', '1.6.5', require: false
 gem 'twilio-ruby', '4.2.1'
 
 gem 'mail', '2.5.4', require: false