diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a1d627a356aa..6a96a8a80bab 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', '~> 0.6.3'
+  gem 'pygments.rb', '~> 2.3.0'
   gem 'rdiscount', '~> 2.0'
   gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.2'
   gem 'haml', '~> 4.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a64797568a6c..cebbc4a00c1d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -71,14 +71,11 @@ GEM
       jekyll (>= 2.0)
     pathutil (0.14.0)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
-    posix-spawn (0.3.11)
     pry (0.10.4)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.8.1)
       slop (~> 3.4)
-    pygments.rb (0.6.3)
-      posix-spawn (~> 0.3.6)
-      yajl-ruby (~> 1.2.0)
+    pygments.rb (2.3.0)
     rack (1.6.4)
     rack-protection (1.5.3)
       rack
@@ -107,7 +104,6 @@ GEM
       ref
     tilt (2.0.5)
     titlecase (0.1.1)
-    yajl-ruby (1.2.1)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   octopress-filters
   octopress-include-tag
   pry
-  pygments.rb (~> 0.6.3)
+  pygments.rb (~> 2.3.0)
   rake (~> 10.0)
   rb-fsevent (~> 0.9)
   rdiscount (~> 2.0)