diff --git a/api/Gemfile b/api/Gemfile
index 8229c1cab..a9c8b724a 100644
--- a/api/Gemfile
+++ b/api/Gemfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.2'
 gem 'active_storage_validations', '~> 1.4'
 
 # interfacing with docker
-gem 'docker-api', '~> 2.3.0'
+gem 'docker-api', '~> 2.4.0'
 
 # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
 gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: %i[mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby]
diff --git a/api/Gemfile.lock b/api/Gemfile.lock
index a3a76248f..138c94e87 100644
--- a/api/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/api/Gemfile.lock
@@ -131,13 +131,14 @@ GEM
     delayed_job_active_record (4.1.11)
       activerecord (>= 3.0, < 9.0)
       delayed_job (>= 3.0, < 5)
-    docker-api (2.3.0)
+    docker-api (2.4.0)
       excon (>= 0.64.0)
       multi_json
     drb (2.2.1)
     ed25519 (1.3.0)
     erubi (1.13.1)
-    excon (1.2.3)
+    excon (1.2.8)
+      logger
     factory_bot (6.5.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1.0)
     factory_bot_rails (6.4.4)
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ GEM
     mocha (2.7.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.5)
     msgpack (1.7.5)
-    multi_json (1.15.0)
+    multi_json (1.16.0)
     mysql2 (0.5.6)
     net-imap (0.5.6)
       date
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capistrano3-delayed-job (~> 1.7.6)
   debug
   delayed_job_active_record
-  docker-api (~> 2.3.0)
+  docker-api (~> 2.4.0)
   ed25519
   factory_bot_rails (~> 6.4.4)
   faker (~> 3.5.1)