diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6f0dbd3fb..21ee7865f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ gem "omniauth-wordpress", "0.2.2"
 gem "twitter",            "7.0.0"
 
 # OpenID Connect
-gem "openid_connect", "1.1.8"
+gem "openid_connect", "1.2.0"
 
 # Serializers
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 230f1a5a6..f93aca55d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ GEM
     open_graph_reader (0.7.1)
       faraday (>= 0.9.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
-    openid_connect (1.1.8)
+    openid_connect (1.2.0)
       activemodel
       attr_required (>= 1.0.0)
       json-jwt (>= 1.5.0)
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport
     rack-mobile-detect (0.4.0)
       rack
-    rack-oauth2 (1.16.0)
+    rack-oauth2 (1.17.0)
       activesupport
       attr_required
       httpclient
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   omniauth-twitter (= 1.4.0)
   omniauth-wordpress (= 0.2.2)
   open_graph_reader (= 0.7.1)
-  openid_connect (= 1.1.8)
+  openid_connect (= 1.2.0)
   pg (= 1.2.3)
   pronto (= 0.11.0)
   pronto-eslint (= 0.11.0)