diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6470843..85349fb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gem "counter_culture", "~> 3.2" # counter_culture provides turbo-charged counter
 gem "ddtrace", "~> 0.54.2" # ddtrace is Datadog’s tracing client for Ruby.
 gem "devise", "~> 4.8" # Flexible authentication solution for Rails
 gem "devise_invitable", "~> 2.0.6" # Allows invitations to be sent for joining
-gem "dogstatsd-ruby", "~> 4.8" # A client for DogStatsD, an extension of the StatsD metric server for Datadog
+gem "dogstatsd-ruby", "~> 5.5" # A client for DogStatsD, an extension of the StatsD metric server for Datadog
 gem "email_validator", "~> 2.2" # Email validator for Rails and ActiveModel
 gem "emoji_regex", "~> 3.2" # A pair of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols
 gem "fastimage", "~> 2.2" # FastImage finds the size or type of an image given its uri by fetching as little as needed.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c09eb42..4760673 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ GEM
       devise (>= 4.6)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
     docile (1.3.5)
-    dogstatsd-ruby (4.8.3)
+    dogstatsd-ruby (5.5.0)
     domain_name (0.5.20190701)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
     dotenv (2.7.6)
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   derailed_benchmarks (~> 2.1)
   devise (~> 4.8)
   devise_invitable (~> 2.0.6)
-  dogstatsd-ruby (~> 4.8)
+  dogstatsd-ruby (~> 5.5)
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7.6)
   easy_translate (~> 0.5.1)
   email_validator (~> 2.2)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-4.8.3.gem b/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-4.8.3.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-5.5.0.gem b/vendor/cache/dogstatsd-ruby-5.5.0.gem
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