diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b937d0fa8..dd6d7e999 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ gem 'grape-swagger-rails'
 # Miscellaneous
 gem 'bunny-pub-sub', '0.5.2'
 gem 'ci_reporter'
-gem 'dotenv-rails'
+gem 'dotenv'
 gem 'rack-cors', require: 'rack/cors'
 gem 'require_all', '>=1.3.3'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3bd5a04f4..06c3f1fcc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ GEM
     docile (1.4.0)
     domain_name (0.6.20240107)
     dotenv (3.1.1)
-    dotenv-rails (3.1.1)
-      dotenv (= 3.1.1)
-      railties (>= 6.1)
     drb (2.2.1)
     dry-core (1.0.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -504,7 +501,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   database_cleaner-active_record
   devise
   devise_ldap_authenticatable
-  dotenv-rails
+  dotenv
   factory_bot
   factory_bot_rails
   faker
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index c6a5ce9aa..beb541e27 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     config.load_defaults 7.0
 
     # Load .env variables
-    Dotenv::Railtie.load
+    Dotenv::Rails.load
 
     # ==> Authentication Method
     # Authentication method default is database, but possible settings