diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7c36abef..c9f86d3e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gem "redcarpet", "~> 3.5"
 gem "rack-ssl", "~> 1.4", ">= 1.4.1"
 gem "barnes", "~> 0.0.7"
 gem "nokogiri", "~> 1.10", ">= 1.10.10" # fixed versions, for Windows
-gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 6.12', ">= 6.12.0.367"
+gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 9.6', ">= 6.12.0.367"
 gem "oj", "~> 3.10", ">= 3.10.13"
 gem "rack-cache", "~> 1.12", ">= 1.12.0"
 gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index dd8a4ee5..3476654b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ GEM
     barnes (0.0.8)
       multi_json (~> 1)
       statsd-ruby (~> 1.1)
+    base64 (0.1.1)
     chronic (0.10.2)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     colored (1.2)
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ GEM
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     mustermann (1.1.1)
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
-    newrelic_rpm (6.14.0)
+    newrelic_rpm (9.6.0)
+      base64
     nio4r (2.5.4)
     nokogiri (1.14.3)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   files (~> 0.4.0)
   json (~> 2.3, >= 2.3.1)
   listen (~> 3.1)
-  newrelic_rpm (~> 6.12, >= 6.12.0.367)
+  newrelic_rpm (~> 9.6, >= 6.12.0.367)
   nokogiri (~> 1.10, >= 1.10.10)
   oj (~> 3.10, >= 3.10.13)
   pry (~> 0.13)