diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8064943aa..8bf43cfdf 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gem 'netaddr',        '1.5.0'
 gem 'nokogiri',       '1.5.5'
 gem 'oauth',          '0.4.5'
 gem 'rack',           '1.1.3'
-gem 'rake',           '< 0.10'
+gem 'rake',           '< 12.4'
 gem 'rdoc',           '3.12'
 gem 'ratom-instructure', '0.6.9', :require => "atom" # custom gem until necessary changes are merged into mainstream
 if !ONE_NINE
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8d9680cf6..d955fa032 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 2.3.17)
     activesupport (2.3.17)
     addressable (2.3.3)
-    adobe_connect (0.0.7)
+    adobe_connect (1.0.8)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.17)
-      nokogiri (~> 1.5.5)
-      pry (>= 0.9.11.4)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.5.5, < 1.11)
       rake (>= 0.9.2)
     authlogic (2.1.3)
       activesupport
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
     chunky_png (1.2.7)
     closure-compiler (1.1.8)
-    coderay (1.0.9)
+    coderay (1.1.3)
     coffee-script (2.2.0)
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
@@ -79,21 +78,17 @@ GEM
       pry (>= 0.9.10)
       thor (>= 0.14.6)
     hairtrigger (0.1.14)
-      activerecord (>= 2.3.0)
       activerecord (>= 2.3.0)
       ruby2ruby (= 1.2.5)
       ruby_parser (= 2.0.6)
-    happymapper (0.4.0)
-      libxml-ruby (~> 2.0)
     hashery (1.3.0)
     highline (1.6.1)
-    hoe (3.5.1)
-      rake (>= 0.8, < 11.0)
+    hoe (3.22.2)
+      rake (>= 0.8, < 15.0)
     i18n (0.6.0)
     icalendar (1.1.5)
     instructure-redis-store (1.0.0.2.instructure1)
       redis (= 3.0.1)
-      redis (= 3.0.1)
     jammit (0.6.0)
       closure-compiler (>= 0.1.0)
       yui-compressor (>= 0.9.1)
@@ -118,19 +113,12 @@ GEM
       mail (>= 2.0.3)
       maildir (>= 0.5.0)
     metaclass (0.0.1)
-    method_source (0.8.1)
+    method_source (1.0.0)
     mime-types (1.17.2)
     mini_magick (1.3.2)
       subexec (~> 0.0.4)
     mocha (0.12.3)
       metaclass (~> 0.0.1)
-    moodle2cc (0.1.6)
-      builder
-      happymapper
-      nokogiri
-      rdiscount
-      rubyzip
-      thor
     multi_json (1.6.1)
     net-ldap (0.3.1)
     netaddr (1.5.0)
@@ -141,10 +129,9 @@ GEM
       parallel
     pg (0.10.1)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
-    pry (0.9.12)
-      coderay (~> 1.0.5)
-      method_source (~> 0.8)
-      slop (~> 3.4)
+    pry (0.13.1)
+      coderay (~> 1.1)
+      method_source (~> 1.0)
     querystring (0.1.0)
     rack (1.1.3)
     rack-test (0.6.2)
@@ -157,7 +144,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 2.3.17)
       rake (>= 0.8.3)
     raindrops (0.10.0)
-    rake (0.9.6)
+    rake (12.3.3)
     ratom-instructure (0.6.9)
       libxml-ruby (>= 1.1.2)
     rb-fchange (0.0.6)
@@ -169,7 +156,6 @@ GEM
     rdiscount (1.6.8)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
-    recaptcha (0.3.1)
     redis (3.0.1)
     require_relative (1.0.1)
     ritex (1.0.1)
@@ -192,7 +178,6 @@ GEM
     rubycas-client (2.2.1)
       activesupport
     rubyzip (0.9.5)
-    rufus-scheduler (2.0.6)
     sanitize (2.0.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.4, < 1.6)
     sass (3.2.1)
@@ -203,10 +188,6 @@ GEM
       rubyzip
     sexp_processor (3.0.5)
     simple_uuid (0.3.0)
-    slop (3.4.3)
-    soap4r-middleware (0.8.3)
-      soap4r-ruby1.9 (= 2.0.0)
-    soap4r-ruby1.9 (2.0.0)
     statsd-ruby (1.0.0)
     subexec (0.0.4)
     test-unit (1.2.3)
@@ -278,7 +259,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mime-types (= 1.17.2)
   mini_magick (= 1.3.2)
   mocha (= 0.12.3)
-  moodle2cc (= 0.1.6)
   net-ldap (= 0.3.1)
   netaddr (= 1.5.0)
   nokogiri (= 1.5.5)
@@ -288,7 +268,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pg (= 0.10.1)
   rack (= 1.1.3)
   rails (= 2.3.17)
-  rake (< 0.10)
+  rake (< 12.4)
   ratom-instructure (= 0.6.9)
   rb-fchange
   rb-fsevent
@@ -296,7 +276,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rcov (= 0.9.9)
   rdiscount (= 1.6.8)
   rdoc (= 3.12)
-  recaptcha (= 0.3.1)
   redis (= 3.0.1)
   require_relative (= 1.0.1)
   ritex (= 1.0.1)
@@ -309,12 +288,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby_parser (= 2.0.6)
   rubycas-client (= 2.2.1)
   rubyzip (= 0.9.5)
-  rufus-scheduler (= 2.0.6)
   sanitize (= 2.0.3)
   sass (= 3.2.1)
   selenium-webdriver (= 2.27.2)
   sexp_processor (= 3.0.5)
-  soap4r-middleware (= 0.8.3)
   statsd-ruby (= 1.0.0)
   test-unit (= 1.2.3)
   timecop (= 0.5.9.1)