diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index aedc15b..6a6a3d8 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.3
+2.6.1
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c739b44..6cb28c2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 language: ruby
 rvm:
-  - "2.5.3"
+  - "2.6.1"
 
 before_install:
-  - "gem install bundler"
   - "phantomjs --version"
   - "export PATH=${PWD}/travis_phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin:${PATH}"
   - "phantomjs --version"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9e0ae33..253b43c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ruby:2.5.3
+FROM ruby:2.6.1
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y build-essential libpq-dev nodejs
 RUN mkdir /myapp
 WORKDIR /myapp
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 515adef..00511bf 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 #don't upgrade
 gem "rails", "5.1.6.1"
 
-ruby "2.5.3"
+ruby "2.6.1"
 
 gem "aruba"
 gem "bcrypt"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gem "responders" #For Rails 4.2 # LOCKED DOWN
 gem "ruby-prof"
 gem "sass-rails"
 gem "simplecov", require: false, group: :test
-gem "sqlite3"
+gem "sqlite3", "1.3.13" # 2/7/2019: LOCKED DOWN
 gem "therubyracer"
 gem "turbolinks"
 gem "uglifier"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2749bfd..c1b5bda 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -38,31 +38,31 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    addressable (2.5.2)
+    addressable (2.6.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
     arel (8.0.0)
-    aruba (0.14.6)
-      childprocess (>= 0.6.3, < 0.10.0)
+    aruba (0.14.8)
+      childprocess (>= 0.6.3, < 1.1.0)
       contracts (~> 0.9)
       cucumber (>= 1.3.19)
-      ffi (~> 1.9.10)
+      ffi (~> 1.9)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99)
       thor (~> 0.19)
     ast (2.4.0)
     backports (3.11.4)
     bcrypt (3.1.12)
-    better_errors (2.5.0)
+    better_errors (2.5.1)
       coderay (>= 1.0.0)
       erubi (>= 1.0.0)
       rack (>= 0.9.0)
     binding_of_caller (0.8.0)
       debug_inspector (>= 0.0.1)
-    brakeman (4.3.1)
+    brakeman (4.4.0)
     builder (3.2.3)
-    bundler-audit (0.6.0)
-      bundler (~> 1.2)
+    bundler-audit (0.6.1)
+      bundler (>= 1.2.0, < 3)
       thor (~> 0.18)
-    capybara (3.12.0)
+    capybara (3.13.2)
       addressable
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ GEM
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       regexp_parser (~> 1.2)
       xpath (~> 3.2)
-    childprocess (0.9.0)
-      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
+    childprocess (1.0.1)
+      rake (< 13.0)
     cliver (0.3.2)
     coderay (1.1.2)
     coffee-rails (4.2.2)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 0.19.1)
     formatador (0.2.5)
     gherkin (5.1.0)
-    globalid (0.4.1)
+    globalid (0.4.2)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
     guard (2.15.0)
       formatador (>= 0.2.4)
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ GEM
       guard (>= 2.0.0)
       guard-compat (~> 1.0)
     http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
-    i18n (1.3.0)
+    i18n (1.5.3)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    jaro_winkler (1.5.1)
+    jaro_winkler (1.5.2)
     jquery-fileupload-rails (1.0.0)
       actionpack (>= 3.1)
       railties (>= 3.1)
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ GEM
     mysql2 (0.5.2)
     nenv (0.3.0)
     nio4r (2.3.1)
-    nokogiri (1.9.1)
+    nokogiri (1.10.1)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
     notiffany (0.1.1)
       nenv (~> 0.1)
       shellany (~> 0.0)
-    parallel (1.12.1)
-    parser (2.5.3.0)
+    parallel (1.13.0)
+    parser (2.6.0.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.0)
     poltergeist (1.18.1)
       capybara (>= 2.1, < 4)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ GEM
     pry (0.12.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.9.0)
-    pry-rails (0.3.8)
+    pry-rails (0.3.9)
       pry (>= 0.10.4)
     public_suffix (3.0.3)
     puma (3.12.0)
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     ref (2.0.0)
     regexp_parser (1.3.0)
-    responders (2.4.0)
-      actionpack (>= 4.2.0, < 5.3)
-      railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.3)
+    responders (2.4.1)
+      actionpack (>= 4.2.0, < 6.0)
+      railties (>= 4.2.0, < 6.0)
     rspec (3.8.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.8.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ GEM
     rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-rails (3.8.1)
+    rspec-rails (3.8.2)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-support (3.8.0)
-    rubocop (0.61.1)
+    rubocop (0.64.0)
       jaro_winkler (~> 1.5.1)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 2.5, != 2.5.1.1)
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ GEM
     ruby-prof (0.17.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.10.0)
     ruby_dep (1.5.0)
-    sass (3.7.2)
+    sass (3.7.3)
       sass-listen (~> 4.0.0)
     sass-listen (4.0.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.0)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     sqlite3 (1.3.13)
-    test-unit (3.2.9)
+    test-unit (3.3.0)
       power_assert
     therubyracer (0.12.3)
       libv8 (~> 3.16.14.15)
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-prof
   sass-rails
   simplecov
-  sqlite3
+  sqlite3 (= 1.3.13)
   test-unit
   therubyracer
   travis-lint
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   unicorn
 
 RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 2.5.3p105
+   ruby 2.6.1p33
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.17.2
+   1.17.3