diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ad2bc01296c786ac6c060d7e5cdf476315016859..82658d0fdb10b6b42d034dbe9ce8e6703ab573dc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gem "acts_as_list"
 gem "rdiscount"
 gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 2.1.0"
 gem "drapper"
-gem "resque"
+gem "resque", "~> 1.20.0"
 gem "httparty"
 gem "charlock_holmes"
 gem "foreman"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d894e438ad28c40d0621518c7096b088a855bfd6..232d38ae71b5d331669adf1788006ec005224002 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ GEM
     redis (2.2.2)
     redis-namespace (1.0.3)
       redis (< 3.0.0)
-    resque (1.19.0)
+    resque (1.20.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       redis-namespace (~> 1.0.2)
       sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-footnotes
   rake
   rdiscount
-  resque
+  resque (~> 1.20.0)
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails (= 3.2.3)
   seed-fu