diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 509fb93..66efeae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 /.bundle
 
 # Ignore the default SQLite database.
-/db/*.sqlite3
-/db/*.sqlite3-journal
+/db/*.sqlite3*
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 730317b..b270efe 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gem 'graphql'
 gem 'jwt'
 gem 'lograge'
 gem 'mitlibraries-theme', git: 'https://github.com/mitlibraries/mitlibraries-theme', tag: 'v1.0.2'
-gem 'opensearch-ruby', '~> 2.1'
+gem 'opensearch-ruby'
 gem 'puma'
 gem 'rack-attack'
 gem 'rack-cors'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e05c22f..bcf78f5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -236,14 +236,9 @@ GEM
     nokogiri (1.15.5)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    opensearch-api (2.2.0)
-      multi_json
-    opensearch-ruby (2.1.0)
-      opensearch-api (~> 2.1)
-      opensearch-transport (~> 2.0)
-    opensearch-transport (2.1.0)
+    opensearch-ruby (3.1.0)
       faraday (>= 1.0, < 3)
-      multi_json
+      multi_json (>= 1.0)
     orm_adapter (0.5.0)
     parallel (1.24.0)
     parser (3.2.2.4)
@@ -252,7 +247,7 @@ GEM
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
     pg (1.5.4)
-    psych (5.1.1.1)
+    psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
     public_suffix (5.0.4)
     puma (6.4.0)
@@ -434,7 +429,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   listen
   lograge
   mitlibraries-theme!
-  opensearch-ruby (~> 2.1)
+  opensearch-ruby
   pg
   puma
   rack-attack