diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 699745dd..fcf75805 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PATH
   remote: gems/bess
   specs:
     bess (0.1.0)
-      rails (~> 6.0)
+      rails (~> 6.1.3)
       rest-client
       wisper (~> 2.0)
       wisper-activejob (~> 1.0.0)
diff --git a/gems/bess/Gemfile b/gems/bess/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20fd9eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gems/bess/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in bess.gemspec
+gemspec
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gems/bess/bess.gemspec b/gems/bess/bess.gemspec
index d21b90d2..ac983e19 100644
--- a/gems/bess/bess.gemspec
+++ b/gems/bess/bess.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.files = Dir["{app,config,db,lib}/**/*", "LICENSE", "AGPL-3.0.txt", "GPL-3.0.txt", "LGPL-3.0.txt", "Rakefile", "README.md"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "rails", "~> 6.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "rails", "~> 6.1.3"
   spec.add_dependency 'wisper', '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'wisper-activejob', '~> 1.0.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'rest-client'