diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 609249b2c..6ba360289 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ruby '3.2.2'
 
 ##-- base gems for rails --##
 gem 'rack-cors', require: 'rack/cors'
-gem 'rails', '~> 7.0.7.2'
+gem 'rails', '~> 7.0.8.0'
 # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb
 gem 'bootsnap', require: false
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 224be8ec2..d2fdbe457 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -33,70 +33,70 @@ GIT
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actioncable (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionmailbox (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionmailer (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionpack (7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.4)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actiontext (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    actionview (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
     active_record_query_trace (1.8)
-    activejob (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    activejob (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
-    activerecord (7.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    activemodel (7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
+    activerecord (7.0.8)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
     activerecord-import (1.4.1)
       activerecord (>= 4.2)
-    activestorage (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    activestorage (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
       mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
-    activesupport (7.0.7.2)
+    activesupport (7.0.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ GEM
       grpc (~> 1.36)
     geocoder (1.8.1)
     gli (2.21.0)
-    globalid (1.1.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    globalid (1.2.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1)
     gmail_xoauth (0.4.2)
       oauth (>= 0.3.6)
     google-apis-core (0.11.0)
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2023.0218.1)
     mini_magick (4.12.0)
-    mini_mime (1.1.2)
+    mini_mime (1.1.5)
     mini_portile2 (2.8.4)
     minitest (5.20.0)
     mock_redis (0.36.0)
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 5.2)
     net-http-persistent (4.0.2)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2)
-    net-imap (0.3.6)
+    net-imap (0.3.7)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
@@ -563,20 +563,20 @@ GEM
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rack-timeout (0.6.3)
-    rails (7.0.7.2)
-      actioncable (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionmailer (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actiontext (= 7.0.7.2)
-      actionview (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activejob (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    rails (7.0.8)
+      actioncable (= 7.0.8)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.0.8)
+      actionmailer (= 7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      actiontext (= 7.0.8)
+      actionview (= 7.0.8)
+      activejob (= 7.0.8)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.8)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.8)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.0.7.2)
+      railties (= 7.0.8)
     rails-dom-testing (2.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
@@ -584,9 +584,9 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.0)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (~> 1.14)
-    railties (7.0.7.2)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.7.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.7.2)
+    railties (7.0.8)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.8)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.8)
       method_source
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 5.2)
       semantic_range (>= 2.3.0)
     webrick (1.8.1)
-    websocket-driver (0.7.5)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.6)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     wisper (2.0.0)
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-cors
   rack-mini-profiler (>= 3.1.1)
   rack-timeout
-  rails (~> 7.0.7.2)
+  rails (~> 7.0.8.0)
   redis
   redis-namespace
   responders