diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 58b50178659b..021318425495 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 group :development do
   gem 'rake', '~> 10.0'
   gem 'jekyll', '~> 3.0'
-  gem 'pygments.rb', '~> 1.1.2'
+  gem 'pygments.rb', '~> 2.3.1'
   gem 'rdiscount', '~> 2.0'
   gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.2'
   gem 'haml', '~> 4.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 11bd6af12e21..3dda0ad3fd8d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ GEM
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
     mercenary (0.3.6)
     method_source (0.8.2)
-    multi_json (1.12.1)
     octopress (3.0.11)
       jekyll (>= 2.0)
       mercenary (~> 0.3.2)
@@ -76,8 +75,7 @@ GEM
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.8.1)
       slop (~> 3.4)
-    pygments.rb (1.1.2)
-      multi_json (>= 1.0.0)
+    pygments.rb (2.3.1)
     rack (1.6.4)
     rack-protection (1.5.3)
       rack
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   octopress-filters
   octopress-include-tag
   pry
-  pygments.rb (~> 1.1.2)
+  pygments.rb (~> 2.3.1)
   rake (~> 10.0)
   rb-fsevent (~> 0.9)
   rdiscount (~> 2.0)