diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 19903cd71459e3b1cb08575ef2fdf9019a9bcc6d..01089e9dff9008fcdec82a2ab59a99c4ae2e3353 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ gem "addressable",        "2.7.0", require: "addressable/uri"
 gem "faraday",            "0.15.4"
 gem "faraday_middleware", "0.13.1"
 gem "faraday-cookie_jar", "0.0.6"
-gem "typhoeus",           "1.3.1"
+gem "typhoeus",           "1.4.0"
 
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 92ab90a5838b984f3c0ed9a6c1a0394aa23c42f3..35764e08f607cfb0b99bbd3e811f1ed1aae082b4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ GEM
       simple_oauth (~> 0.3.0)
     twitter-text (1.14.7)
       unf (~> 0.1.0)
-    typhoeus (1.3.1)
+    typhoeus (1.4.0)
       ethon (>= 0.9.0)
     tzinfo (1.2.7)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   turbo_dev_assets (= 0.0.2)
   twitter (= 7.0.0)
   twitter-text (= 1.14.7)
-  typhoeus (= 1.3.1)
+  typhoeus (= 1.4.0)
   uglifier (= 4.2.0)
   unicorn (= 5.5.3)
   unicorn-worker-killer (= 0.4.4)