diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c4a1e64a4..8851d5d2d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ gem "nokogiri",          "1.11.3"
 gem "open_graph_reader", "0.7.1" # also update User-Agent in features/support/webmock.rb and open_graph_cache_spec.rb
 gem "redcarpet",         "3.5.1"
 gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.12.0"
-gem "twitter-text",      "3.0.0"
+gem "twitter-text",      "3.1.0"
 
 # RTL support
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c1bfc2a91..f1ce444d5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ GEM
       multipart-post (~> 2.0)
       naught (~> 1.0)
       simple_oauth (~> 0.3.0)
-    twitter-text (3.0.0)
+    twitter-text (3.1.0)
       idn-ruby
       unf (~> 0.1.0)
     typhoeus (1.4.0)
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   toml-rb (= 2.0.1)
   turbo_dev_assets (= 0.0.2)
   twitter (= 7.0.0)
-  twitter-text (= 3.0.0)
+  twitter-text (= 3.1.0)
   typhoeus (= 1.4.0)
   uglifier (= 4.2.0)
   unicorn (= 5.5.3)