diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 19d2bb7ff..5fd5f21d1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ gem "nokogiri",          "1.8.5"
 gem "open_graph_reader", "0.6.2" # also update User-Agent in features/support/webmock.rb
 gem "redcarpet",         "3.4.0"
 gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.12.0"
-gem "twitter-text",      "2.1.0"
+gem "twitter-text",      "3.0.0"
 
 # RTL support
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c3dee0fc6..bf958b8e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ GEM
       multipart-post (~> 2.0)
       naught (~> 1.0)
       simple_oauth (~> 0.3.0)
-    twitter-text (2.1.0)
+    twitter-text (3.0.0)
       idn-ruby
       unf (~> 0.1.0)
     typhoeus (1.3.1)
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   timecop (= 0.9.1)
   turbo_dev_assets (= 0.0.2)
   twitter (= 6.2.0)
-  twitter-text (= 2.1.0)
+  twitter-text (= 3.0.0)
   typhoeus (= 1.3.1)
   uglifier (= 4.1.19)
   unicorn (= 5.4.1)