diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a2d7e29ace90f63a299e60d236cce1238d7a8a1e..b93bdd706b15fc6552555ceaa3e782d6c05575f2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ gem 'addressable',        '2.3.7', :require => 'addressable/uri'
 gem 'faraday',            '0.9.1'
 gem 'faraday_middleware', '0.9.1'
 gem 'faraday-cookie_jar', '0.0.6'
-gem 'typhoeus',           '0.6.9'
+gem 'typhoeus',           '0.7.1'
 
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 15aa9c02cd07d8bf4d01bcb61af39af9dbdc5dda..43e476f51c1fcaef750dc57718eeec728c41c9b2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ GEM
     entypo-rails (2.2.2)
       railties (>= 3.1, <= 5)
     erubis (2.7.0)
-    ethon (0.7.1)
+    ethon (0.7.3)
       ffi (>= 1.3.0)
     eventmachine (1.0.7)
     excon (0.44.3)
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ GEM
       simple_oauth (~> 0.2)
     twitter-text (1.11.0)
       unf (~> 0.1.0)
-    typhoeus (0.6.9)
+    typhoeus (0.7.1)
       ethon (>= 0.7.1)
     tzinfo (1.2.2)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   timecop (= 0.7.3)
   twitter (= 4.8.1)
   twitter-text (= 1.11.0)
-  typhoeus (= 0.6.9)
+  typhoeus (= 0.7.1)
   uglifier (= 2.5.3)
   unicorn (= 4.8.3)
   uuid (= 2.3.7)