diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index da9a82a17..4df7700c4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ GEM
     coderay (1.1.3)
     coercible (1.0.0)
       descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.1)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.3)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
     config (5.4.0)
       deep_merge (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.1)
     connection_pool (2.4.1)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ GEM
     diff-lcs (1.5.1)
     docile (1.4.0)
     drb (2.2.1)
-    erubi (1.12.0)
+    erubi (1.13.0)
     execjs (2.8.1)
     factory_bot (6.4.6)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ GEM
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     ice_nine (0.11.2)
     io-console (0.7.2)
-    irb (1.13.1)
+    irb (1.14.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
     jquery-rails (4.6.0)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ GEM
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     mini_racer (0.12.0)
       libv8-node (~> 21.7.2.0)
-    minitest (5.24.1)
+    minitest (5.25.0)
     msgpack (1.7.2)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     multipart-post (2.4.0)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ GEM
     public_suffix (5.0.4)
     puma (6.4.2)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
-    racc (1.8.0)
+    racc (1.8.1)
     rack (3.0.11)
     rack-cors (2.0.2)
       rack (>= 2.0.0)
@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
     rspec-core (3.13.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-rails (6.1.2)
+    rspec-rails (6.1.4)
       actionpack (>= 6.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
       railties (>= 6.1)
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ GEM
     will_paginate (4.0.0)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    zeitwerk (2.6.15)
+    zeitwerk (2.6.17)
 
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73a97cad7..621a7bf48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ You can create additional users by adding them to the `/db/seeds/01_users.rb` fi
 User.create(email: 'xxxxxx', password: 'xxxxxx')
 ```
 
-## Development Instructions
+## Development Instructions 
 1. Run `bundle install` to set up the application.
 2. Setup the DS database by running `bundle exec rake db:setup`.
 3. Run any pending migrations by running `bundle exec rake db:migrate`.