diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2542f59ca..af33d945d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ gem "leaflet-rails",       "1.7.0"
 gem "nokogiri",          "1.12.5"
 gem "open_graph_reader", "0.7.2" # also update User-Agent in features/support/webmock.rb and open_graph_cache_spec.rb
 gem "redcarpet",         "3.5.1"
-gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.15.0"
+gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.16.1"
 gem "twitter-text",      "1.14.7"
 
 # RTL support
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9af64acd6..d55b1b6e1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.90.0, < 2.0)
-    ruby-oembed (0.15.0)
+    ruby-oembed (0.16.1)
     ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
     ruby-vips (2.1.3)
       ffi (~> 1.12)
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails (= 5.0.2)
   rubocop (= 0.93.1)
   rubocop-rails (= 2.9.1)
-  ruby-oembed (= 0.15.0)
+  ruby-oembed (= 0.16.1)
   rubyzip (= 2.3.2)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.7)
   secure_headers (= 6.3.3)