diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7e011db..3c3d724 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gem 'sinatra', '~> 2.0.2', require: nil
 gem 'whenever', '~> 0.9.4', require: false
 
 gem 'airbrake', '~> 7.1.1'
-gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 4.2.0.334'
+gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 6.15.0'
 
 gem 'feedjira', '~> 2.2.0'
 gem 'http', '~> 4.0.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a9f176c..22ddd46 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    addressable (2.7.0)
+    addressable (2.8.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
     airbrake (7.1.1)
       airbrake-ruby (~> 2.5)
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ GEM
     dry-container (0.8.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       dry-configurable (~> 0.1, >= 0.1.3)
-    dry-core (0.6.0)
+    dry-core (0.7.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    dry-inflector (0.2.0)
+    dry-inflector (0.2.1)
     dry-logic (1.2.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       dry-core (~> 0.5, >= 0.5)
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ GEM
       faraday_middleware (>= 0.9)
       loofah (>= 2.0)
       sax-machine (>= 1.0)
-    ffi (1.15.1)
+    ffi (1.15.3)
     flickraw (0.9.10)
-    globalid (0.4.2)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    globalid (0.5.1)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0)
     grape (1.3.3)
       activesupport
       builder
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ GEM
     net-scp (3.0.0)
       net-ssh (>= 2.6.5, < 7.0.0)
     net-ssh (6.1.0)
-    newrelic_rpm (4.2.0.334)
+    newrelic_rpm (6.15.0)
     nio4r (2.5.7)
     nokogiri (1.11.7)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.5.0)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.20.1)
-    parser (3.0.1.1)
+    parser (3.0.2.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
     pry (0.14.1)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
@@ -279,25 +279,25 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 3.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.7.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.8.0)
       parser (>= 3.0.1.1)
-    rubocop-performance (1.11.3)
+    rubocop-performance (1.11.4)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
-    rubocop-rails (2.10.1)
+    rubocop-rails (2.11.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-rake (0.5.1)
-      rubocop
-    rubocop-rspec (2.3.0)
+    rubocop-rake (0.6.0)
+      rubocop (~> 1.0)
+    rubocop-rspec (2.4.0)
       rubocop (~> 1.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.1.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.4)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     ruby_dep (1.5.0)
     sax-machine (1.3.2)
-    searchgov_style (0.1.8)
+    searchgov_style (0.1.9)
       rubocop (= 1.8.1)
       rubocop-performance (~> 1.9)
       rubocop-rails (~> 2.9)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.3.6)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff
-    websocket-driver (0.7.4)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.5)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     whenever (0.9.7)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.6.4)
   listen (>= 3.0.5, < 3.2)
   mock_redis (~> 0.17.3)
-  newrelic_rpm (~> 4.2.0.334)
+  newrelic_rpm (~> 6.15.0)
   pry-rails
   puma (~> 5.3)
   rails (~> 5.2.0)
diff --git a/config/newrelic.yml b/config/newrelic.yml
index ee35e0a..b8e15b9 100644
--- a/config/newrelic.yml
+++ b/config/newrelic.yml
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ common: &default_settings
   # implications if your memcached keys are sensitive
   # capture_memcache_keys: true
 
+  # Newrelic recommends setting this to true if possible. They default
+  # to false because it can interfere with other gems which monkey
+  # patch ActiveRecord. See the release notes for newrelic_rpm 6.5.0.
+  backport_fast_active_record_connection_lookup: true
+
 # Application Environments
 # ------------------------------------------
 # Environment-specific settings are in this section.