diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b4b91f5f78..329819bd88 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gem 'will_paginate', '~>4.0.0'
 # markdown rendering and syntax highlighting
 gem 'kramdown', '~>2.4.0'
 gem 'kramdown-parser-gfm', '~>1.1.0'
-gem 'rouge', '4.1.3'
+gem 'rouge', '4.2.0'
 
 # feedback table builder
 gem 'builder', '~>3.2.4'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 24c6c62732..150eddcd14 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
     rexml (3.2.6)
-    rouge (4.1.3)
+    rouge (4.2.0)
     rubocop (1.57.1)
       base64 (~> 0.1.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-controller-testing (~> 1.0.5)
   rails-i18n (~> 7.0.8)
   rb-readline (~> 0.5.5)
-  rouge (= 4.1.3)
+  rouge (= 4.2.0)
   rubocop-capybara (~> 2.19.0)
   rubocop-factory_bot (~> 2.24)
   rubocop-minitest (~> 0.33.0)