diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 56eaad7fb..6ffe68ae2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ gem "nokogiri",          "1.6.6.2"
 gem "redcarpet",         "3.2.3"
 gem "twitter-text",      "1.11.0"
 gem "roxml",             "3.1.6"
-gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.8.12"
+gem "ruby-oembed",       "0.8.14"
 gem "open_graph_reader", "0.5.0"
 
 # Services
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 81c12beb8..e4eb2d8a4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ GEM
       powerpack (~> 0.1)
       rainbow (>= 1.99.1, < 3.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
-    ruby-oembed (0.8.12)
+    ruby-oembed (0.8.14)
     ruby-progressbar (1.7.5)
     rubyzip (1.1.7)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-instafail (= 0.2.6)
   rspec-rails (= 3.2.1)
   rubocop (= 0.29.1)
-  ruby-oembed (= 0.8.12)
+  ruby-oembed (= 0.8.14)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.1)
   selenium-webdriver (= 2.45.0)
   shoulda-matchers (= 2.8.0)
diff --git a/spec/workers/gather_o_embed_data_spec.rb b/spec/workers/gather_o_embed_data_spec.rb
index 97177d7de..ad01e4a30 100644
--- a/spec/workers/gather_o_embed_data_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/gather_o_embed_data_spec.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ describe Workers::GatherOEmbedData do
       "url" => "https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2341623661_7c99f48bbf_m.jpg"
     }
 
-    @flickr_oembed_url = 'http://www.flickr.com/services/oembed/'
-    @flickr_photo_url = 'http://www.flickr.com/photos/bees/2341623661'
-    @flickr_oembed_get_request = @flickr_oembed_url+"?format=json&frame=1&iframe=1&maxheight=420&maxwidth=420&url="+@flickr_photo_url
+    @flickr_oembed_url = "https://www.flickr.com/services/oembed/"
+    @flickr_photo_url = "http://www.flickr.com/photos/bees/2341623661"
+    @flickr_oembed_get_request = "#{@flickr_oembed_url}" \
+      "?format=json&frame=1&iframe=1&maxheight=420&maxwidth=420&url=#{@flickr_photo_url}"
 
     @no_oembed_url = 'http://www.we-do-not-support-oembed.com/index.html'