diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7e195a2..2f13be6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'rails', '3.0.9'
-gem 'rake', '0.8.7'
+gem 'rails', '5.2.8.1'
+gem 'rake', '12.3.3'
 
-gem 'mysql2', '< 0.3' # the less than 3 is because 3 removes active record support which is not yet included until rails 3.1
+gem 'mysql2', '>= 0.2.12', '< 0.3' # the less than 3 is because 3 removes active record support which is not yet included until rails 3.1
 gem 'sqlite3'
 
 gem 'delayed_job', :git => 'git://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job.git', :branch => 'master'