diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c790a535..00065304 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ git_source(:github) do |repo_name|
 end
 
 if next?
-  # using the 7-0-stable branch for the time being until the fix is merged into main
-  # to make it work with ruby 3.1
-  # read more about it here: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/43998,
-  # and here: https://gist.github.com/claudiug/bdc2fb70b10d19513208c816588aed92
-  gem "rails", "~> 7.2.0"
+  gem "rails", "~> 8.0.0"
 else
-  gem "rails", "~> 7.1.0"
+  gem "rails", "~> 7.2.0"
 end
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
 
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem "byebug", platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
   # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver
-  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 6.0.3"
+  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 6.1"
   gem "faker"
   gem "shoulda-matchers", "~> 3.1"
   gem "rails-controller-testing"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3f4300d9..4516dd24 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -10,83 +10,79 @@ GIT
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actioncable (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
-    actionmailbox (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
-      mail (>= 2.7.1)
-      net-imap
-      net-pop
-      net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
-      mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
-      net-imap
-      net-pop
-      net-smtp
+    actionmailbox (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      mail (>= 2.8.0)
+    actionmailer (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      mail (>= 2.8.0)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
-    actionpack (7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionpack (7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
       racc
-      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4, < 3.3)
       rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    actiontext (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+      useragent (~> 0.16)
+    actiontext (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    actionview (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       builder (~> 3.1)
+      cgi
       erubi (~> 1.11)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    activejob (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activejob (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
-    activerecord (7.1.5.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activemodel (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+    activerecord (7.2.3)
+      activemodel (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activestorage (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    activestorage (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-    activesupport (7.1.5.1)
+    activesupport (7.2.3)
       base64
       benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
       drb
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       logger (>= 1.4.2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
-      mutex_m
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
-      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
     acts_as_list (1.1.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.2)
     addressable (2.8.5)
@@ -96,8 +92,8 @@ GEM
       execjs (~> 2)
     base64 (0.1.2)
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
-    benchmark (0.4.1)
-    bigdecimal (3.2.2)
+    benchmark (0.5.0)
+    bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootstrap-sass (3.4.1)
       autoprefixer-rails (>= 5.2.1)
@@ -118,33 +114,34 @@ GEM
     capybara-screenshot (1.0.26)
       capybara (>= 1.0, < 4)
       launchy
+    cgi (0.5.1)
     coffee-script (2.4.1)
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
     colorize (1.1.0)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
-    connection_pool (2.5.3)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
+    connection_pool (3.0.2)
     crass (1.0.6)
-    database_cleaner-active_record (2.1.0)
+    database_cleaner-active_record (2.2.2)
       activerecord (>= 5.a)
-      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
+      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0)
     database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
-    date (3.4.1)
+    date (3.5.1)
     devise (4.9.4)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
       railties (>= 4.1.0)
       responders
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
-    diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    diff-lcs (1.6.2)
     docile (1.4.0)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     dotenv-rails (2.8.1)
       dotenv (= 2.8.1)
       railties (>= 3.2)
     drb (2.2.3)
-    erb (5.0.1)
+    erb (6.0.2)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     execjs (2.9.1)
     factory_bot (6.2.1)
@@ -161,14 +158,15 @@ GEM
     faraday-net_http (3.4.0)
       net-http (>= 0.5.0)
     ffi (1.16.3)
-    globalid (1.2.1)
+    globalid (1.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
     hashie (5.0.0)
-    i18n (1.14.7)
+    i18n (1.14.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    io-console (0.8.0)
-    irb (1.15.2)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.17.0)
       pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      prism (>= 1.3.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
     jbuilder (2.11.5)
@@ -191,30 +189,32 @@ GEM
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     logger (1.7.0)
-    loofah (2.24.1)
+    loofah (2.25.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
     madmin (1.2.8)
       pagy (>= 3.5)
       rails (>= 6.0.3)
-    mail (2.8.1)
+    mail (2.9.0)
+      logger
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    marcel (1.0.4)
+    marcel (1.1.0)
     matrix (0.4.2)
     mimemagic (0.3.10)
       nokogiri (~> 1)
       rake
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.25.5)
+    minitest (6.0.2)
+      drb (~> 2.0)
+      prism (~> 1.5)
     multi_xml (0.7.2)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
-    mutex_m (0.3.0)
     net-http (0.6.0)
       uri
-    net-imap (0.5.8)
+    net-imap (0.6.3)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ GEM
     newrelic_rpm (9.5.0)
     next_rails (1.3.0)
       colorize (>= 0.8.1)
-    nio4r (2.7.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.8-arm64-darwin)
+    nio4r (2.7.5)
+    nokogiri (1.19.2-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.8-x86_64-darwin)
+    nokogiri (1.19.2-x86_64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.8-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    nokogiri (1.19.2-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     oauth2 (2.0.12)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 4.0)
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ GEM
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     pg (1.5.4)
-    pp (0.6.2)
+    pp (0.6.3)
       prettyprint
     prettyprint (0.2.0)
-    psych (5.2.6)
+    prism (1.9.0)
+    psych (5.3.1)
       date
       stringio
     public_suffix (5.0.3)
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ GEM
     pundit (2.3.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (2.2.17)
+    rack (2.2.22)
     rack-mini-profiler (3.1.1)
       rack (>= 1.2.0)
     rack-protection (3.2.0)
@@ -292,20 +293,20 @@ GEM
     rackup (1.0.1)
       rack (< 3)
       webrick
-    rails (7.1.5.1)
-      actioncable (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionmailer (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actiontext (= 7.1.5.1)
-      actionview (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activejob (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
+    rails (7.2.3)
+      actioncable (= 7.2.3)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.2.3)
+      actionmailer (= 7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      actiontext (= 7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activemodel (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.1.5.1)
+      railties (= 7.2.3)
     rails-controller-testing (1.0.5)
       actionpack (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
       actionview (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
@@ -314,51 +315,54 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
-      loofah (~> 2.21)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.7.0)
+      loofah (~> 2.25)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
-    railties (7.1.5.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.1.5.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.1.5.1)
-      irb
+    railties (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
+      irb (~> 1.13)
       rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      tsort (>= 0.2)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
-    rake (13.3.0)
+    rake (13.3.1)
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rdoc (6.14.0)
+    rdoc (7.2.0)
       erb
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
     recursive-open-struct (1.1.3)
     redcarpet (3.5.1)
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
-    reline (0.6.1)
+    reline (0.6.3)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     responders (3.1.1)
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
     rexml (3.2.6)
-    rspec-core (3.12.2)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
+    rspec-core (3.13.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.5)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.12.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.8)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-rails (6.0.3)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-rails (6.1.5)
       actionpack (>= 6.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
       railties (>= 6.1)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12)
-    rspec-support (3.12.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13)
+    rspec-support (3.13.7)
     rubocop (1.56.4)
       base64 (~> 0.1.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
@@ -436,12 +440,13 @@ GEM
       rubocop-performance (~> 1.19.0)
     standardrb (1.0.1)
       standard
-    stringio (3.1.7)
+    stringio (3.2.0)
     terser (1.1.18)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
-    thor (1.3.2)
+    thor (1.5.0)
     tilt (2.3.0)
-    timeout (0.4.3)
+    timeout (0.6.1)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
     turbolinks (5.2.1)
       turbolinks-source (~> 5.2)
     turbolinks-source (5.2.0)
@@ -449,6 +454,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     uri (1.0.3)
+    useragent (0.16.11)
     version_gem (1.1.8)
     warden (1.2.9)
       rack (>= 2.0.9)
@@ -461,7 +467,7 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
       rubyzip (>= 1.3.0)
       selenium-webdriver (~> 4.0, < 4.11)
-    webrick (1.9.1)
+    webrick (1.9.2)
     websocket (1.2.10)
     websocket-driver (0.8.0)
       base64
@@ -469,10 +475,11 @@ GEM
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    zeitwerk (2.7.3)
+    zeitwerk (2.7.5)
 
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-23
+  arm64-darwin-25
   x86_64-darwin-21
   x86_64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
@@ -504,11 +511,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (~> 6.5)
   pundit (~> 2.2)
   rack-mini-profiler
-  rails (~> 7.1.0)
+  rails (~> 7.2.0)
   rails-controller-testing
   recursive-open-struct
   redcarpet (~> 3.5.1)
-  rspec-rails (~> 6.0.3)
+  rspec-rails (~> 6.1)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   sentry-rails
   sentry-ruby
diff --git a/Gemfile.next.lock b/Gemfile.next.lock
index 5ce2bf8b..155d042b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.next.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.next.lock
@@ -10,66 +10,65 @@ GIT
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actioncable (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
-    actionmailbox (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activejob (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actionmailbox (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      activejob (= 8.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       mail (>= 2.8.0)
-    actionmailer (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actionview (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activejob (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actionmailer (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      actionview (= 8.0.4)
+      activejob (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       mail (>= 2.8.0)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
-    actionpack (7.2.2.1)
-      actionview (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actionpack (8.0.4)
+      actionview (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-      racc
-      rack (>= 2.2.4, < 3.2)
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
       rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
       useragent (~> 0.16)
-    actiontext (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actiontext (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    actionview (8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.11)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    activejob (7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    activejob (8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
-    activerecord (7.2.2.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    activemodel (8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    activerecord (8.0.4)
+      activemodel (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activestorage (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activejob (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    activestorage (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      activejob (= 8.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-    activesupport (7.2.2.1)
+    activesupport (8.0.4)
       base64
       benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ GEM
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
+      uri (>= 0.13.1)
     acts_as_list (1.1.0)
       activerecord (>= 4.2)
     addressable (2.8.5)
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ GEM
       execjs (~> 2)
     base64 (0.1.2)
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
-    benchmark (0.4.0)
-    bigdecimal (3.1.9)
+    benchmark (0.5.0)
+    bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootstrap-sass (3.4.1)
       autoprefixer-rails (>= 5.2.1)
@@ -117,27 +117,28 @@ GEM
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
     colorize (1.1.0)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
-    connection_pool (2.5.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
+    connection_pool (3.0.2)
     crass (1.0.6)
-    database_cleaner-active_record (2.2.0)
+    database_cleaner-active_record (2.2.2)
       activerecord (>= 5.a)
-      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
+      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0)
     database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
-    date (3.4.1)
+    date (3.5.1)
     devise (4.9.4)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
       railties (>= 4.1.0)
       responders
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
-    diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    diff-lcs (1.6.2)
     docile (1.4.0)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     dotenv-rails (2.8.1)
       dotenv (= 2.8.1)
       railties (>= 3.2)
-    drb (2.2.1)
+    drb (2.2.3)
+    erb (6.0.2)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     execjs (2.9.1)
     factory_bot (6.2.1)
@@ -154,19 +155,20 @@ GEM
     faraday-net_http (3.4.0)
       net-http (>= 0.5.0)
     ffi (1.16.3)
-    globalid (1.2.1)
+    globalid (1.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
     hashie (5.0.0)
-    i18n (1.14.7)
+    i18n (1.14.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    io-console (0.8.0)
-    irb (1.15.2)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.17.0)
       pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      prism (>= 1.3.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
-    jbuilder (2.11.5)
-      actionview (>= 5.0.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
+    jbuilder (2.14.1)
+      actionview (>= 7.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.0.0)
     jquery-rails (4.6.0)
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
@@ -184,30 +186,33 @@ GEM
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     logger (1.7.0)
-    loofah (2.24.0)
+    loofah (2.25.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
     madmin (1.2.8)
       pagy (>= 3.5)
       rails (>= 6.0.3)
-    mail (2.8.1)
+    mail (2.9.0)
+      logger
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    marcel (1.0.4)
+    marcel (1.1.0)
     matrix (0.4.2)
     mimemagic (0.3.10)
       nokogiri (~> 1)
       rake
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.8)
-    minitest (5.25.5)
+    mini_portile2 (2.8.9)
+    minitest (6.0.2)
+      drb (~> 2.0)
+      prism (~> 1.5)
     multi_xml (0.7.1)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
     net-http (0.6.0)
       uri
-    net-imap (0.5.7)
+    net-imap (0.6.3)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
@@ -219,11 +224,11 @@ GEM
     newrelic_rpm (9.5.0)
     next_rails (1.3.0)
       colorize (>= 0.8.1)
-    nio4r (2.7.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.8)
+    nio4r (2.7.5)
+    nokogiri (1.19.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.8-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    nokogiri (1.19.2-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     oauth2 (2.0.9)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3.0)
@@ -258,10 +263,11 @@ GEM
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
     pg (1.5.4)
-    pp (0.6.2)
+    pp (0.6.3)
       prettyprint
     prettyprint (0.2.0)
-    psych (5.2.3)
+    prism (1.9.0)
+    psych (5.3.1)
       date
       stringio
     public_suffix (5.0.3)
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ GEM
     pundit (2.3.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (2.2.13)
+    rack (2.2.22)
     rack-mini-profiler (3.1.1)
       rack (>= 1.2.0)
     rack-protection (3.2.0)
@@ -283,72 +289,75 @@ GEM
     rackup (1.0.1)
       rack (< 3)
       webrick
-    rails (7.2.2.1)
-      actioncable (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actionmailer (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actiontext (= 7.2.2.1)
-      actionview (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activejob (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    rails (8.0.4)
+      actioncable (= 8.0.4)
+      actionmailbox (= 8.0.4)
+      actionmailer (= 8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      actiontext (= 8.0.4)
+      actionview (= 8.0.4)
+      activejob (= 8.0.4)
+      activemodel (= 8.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.2.2.1)
+      railties (= 8.0.4)
     rails-controller-testing (1.0.5)
       actionpack (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
       actionview (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.1.rc1)
-    rails-dom-testing (2.2.0)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
-      loofah (~> 2.21)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.7.0)
+      loofah (~> 2.25)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
-    railties (7.2.2.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.2.2.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.2.2.1)
+    railties (8.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
       irb (~> 1.13)
       rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      tsort (>= 0.2)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
-    rake (13.2.1)
+    rake (13.3.1)
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rdoc (6.13.1)
+    rdoc (7.2.0)
+      erb
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
     recursive-open-struct (1.1.3)
     redcarpet (3.5.1)
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
-    reline (0.6.1)
+    reline (0.6.3)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     responders (3.1.1)
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
     rexml (3.2.6)
-    rspec-core (3.12.2)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
+    rspec-core (3.13.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.5)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.12.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.8)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-rails (6.0.3)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-rails (6.1.5)
       actionpack (>= 6.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
       railties (>= 6.1)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12)
-    rspec-support (3.12.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13)
+    rspec-support (3.13.7)
     rubocop (1.56.4)
       base64 (~> 0.1.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
@@ -426,19 +435,20 @@ GEM
       rubocop-performance (~> 1.19.0)
     standardrb (1.0.1)
       standard
-    stringio (3.1.7)
+    stringio (3.2.0)
     terser (1.1.18)
       execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
-    thor (1.3.2)
+    thor (1.5.0)
     tilt (2.3.0)
-    timeout (0.4.3)
+    timeout (0.6.1)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
     turbolinks (5.2.1)
       turbolinks-source (~> 5.2)
     turbolinks-source (5.2.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
-    uri (1.0.3)
+    uri (1.1.1)
     useragent (0.16.11)
     version_gem (1.1.7)
     warden (1.2.9)
@@ -452,15 +462,15 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (~> 1.6)
       rubyzip (>= 1.3.0)
       selenium-webdriver (~> 4.0, < 4.11)
-    webrick (1.9.1)
+    webrick (1.9.2)
     websocket (1.2.10)
-    websocket-driver (0.7.7)
+    websocket-driver (0.8.0)
       base64
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    zeitwerk (2.7.2)
+    zeitwerk (2.7.5)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -493,11 +503,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (~> 6.5)
   pundit (~> 2.2)
   rack-mini-profiler
-  rails (~> 7.2.0)
+  rails (~> 8.0.0)
   rails-controller-testing
   recursive-open-struct
   redcarpet (~> 3.5.1)
-  rspec-rails (~> 6.0.3)
+  rspec-rails (~> 6.1)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   sentry-rails
   sentry-ruby
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index cf756c2b..0e21714f 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 module Points
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 7.1
+    config.load_defaults 7.2
+
+    # Opt in to Rails 8.1 behavior: preserve full timezone (not just UTC offset)
+    config.active_support.to_time_preserves_timezone = :zone
 
     # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
     # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 4c55e4e7..9255c824 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
   config.consider_all_requests_local = false
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
 
-  # Attempt to read encrypted secrets from `config/secrets.yml.enc`.
-  # Requires an encryption key in `ENV["RAILS_MASTER_KEY"]` or
-  # `config/secrets.yml.key`.
-  config.read_encrypted_secrets = true
+  # Secret key base is read from ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] or Rails credentials.
 
   # Disable serving static files from the `/public` folder by default since
   # Apache or NGINX already handles this.
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 8f5f973f..b214518e 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   config.action_controller.perform_caching = false
 
   # Raise exceptions instead of rendering exception templates.
-  config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions = false
+  config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions = :none
 
   # Disable request forgery protection in test environment.
   config.action_controller.allow_forgery_protection = false
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 7accd23a..c93a2b0c 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def executor_around_each_request
   include Warden::Test::Helpers
 
   # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
-  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
+  config.fixture_paths = ["#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"]
 
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
   # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false