diff --git a/admin/Gemfile b/admin/Gemfile
index 8246ad7d7..f310b9cf3 100644
--- a/admin/Gemfile
+++ b/admin/Gemfile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gem 'aasm', '3.0.16'
 gem 'postgres-copy', '0.6.0'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '1.29.1'
 gem 'bugsnag'
-gem 'gon', '5.0.1' # '5.0.3' has an issue with setting globals in an initializer
+gem 'gon'
 gem 'cocoon'
 gem 'haml-rails'
 gem 'resque'