diff --git a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
index c6714013f79..6a341a94ecb 100644
--- a/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
+++ b/common/dependabot-common.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.1.0"
   spec.required_rubygems_version = ">= 3.3.22"
 
-  spec.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 6.0.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 7.0.0"
   spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-codecommit", "~> 1.28"
   spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-ecr", "~> 1.5"
   spec.add_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.16", "< 3.0.0"
diff --git a/updater/Gemfile b/updater/Gemfile
index 194cc8d53c1..22eefa85ed0 100644
--- a/updater/Gemfile
+++ b/updater/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ gem "dependabot-pub", path: "../pub"
 gem "dependabot-python", path: "../python"
 gem "dependabot-terraform", path: "../terraform"
 
-gem "activesupport", "~> 6.1.4"
+gem "activesupport", "~> 7.0.4"
 gem "http", "~> 5.1"
 gem "octokit", "4.25.1"
 gem "sentry-raven", "~> 3.1"
diff --git a/updater/Gemfile.lock b/updater/Gemfile.lock
index 001973a31e0..b9a642e592a 100644
--- a/updater/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/updater/Gemfile.lock
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ../common
   specs:
     dependabot-common (0.211.0)
-      activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.0.0)
       aws-sdk-codecommit (~> 1.28)
       aws-sdk-ecr (~> 1.5)
       bundler (>= 1.16, < 3.0.0)
@@ -117,12 +117,11 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (6.1.4.4)
+    activesupport (7.0.4)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
-      zeitwerk (~> 2.3)
     addressable (2.8.1)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
@@ -293,13 +292,12 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.8.0)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
-    zeitwerk (2.6.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  activesupport (~> 6.1.4)
+  activesupport (~> 7.0.4)
   debug (~> 1.6.2)
   dependabot-bundler!
   dependabot-cargo!
diff --git a/updater/lib/dependabot/service.rb b/updater/lib/dependabot/service.rb
index b7a609cb7d5..c94958d60f3 100644
--- a/updater/lib/dependabot/service.rb
+++ b/updater/lib/dependabot/service.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "terminal-table"
 require "dependabot/api_client"
+require "active_support/core_ext"
 
 # Wraps an API client with the current state of communications with the Dependabot Service
 # and provides an interface to summarise all actions taken.