diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 69f0d4880..7ec378043 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ gem "rails-assets-diaspora_jsxc", "0.1.5.develop.7", source: "https://rails-asse
 
 # Tags
 
-gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "5.0.0"
+gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "6.0.0"
 
 # URIs and HTTP
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 427d8353c..6a566a683 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    acts-as-taggable-on (5.0.0)
-      activerecord (>= 4.2.8)
+    acts-as-taggable-on (6.0.0)
+      activerecord (~> 5.0)
     acts_as_api (1.0.1)
       activemodel (>= 3.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   active_model_serializers (= 0.9.7)
   activerecord-import (= 0.27.0)
-  acts-as-taggable-on (= 5.0.0)
+  acts-as-taggable-on (= 6.0.0)
   acts_as_api (= 1.0.1)
   addressable (= 2.5.2)
   asset_sync (= 2.5.0)
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index ad58f59b1..74ca9fec6 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ class Profile < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   private
+
   def clearable_fields
-    self.attributes.keys - ["id", "created_at", "updated_at", "person_id"]
+    attributes.keys - %w[id created_at updated_at person_id tag_list]
   end
 
   def build_image_url(url)