diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 818bd47ab..be94e6f53 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.6
+3.2.2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1b91ca41f..08534fcb2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ruby:3.0.6-slim
+FROM ruby:3.2-slim
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN \
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eaace8824..1706b34ac 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ group :preload do
   gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.7.6'
   gem 'dotenv'
   gem 'connection_pool'
-  gem 'marco-polo'
+  gem 'marco-polo' # TODO: https://github.com/arches/marco-polo/pull/16
 
   # AR extensions
   gem 'goldiloader'
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ gem 'validates_lengths_from_database'
 gem 'large_object_store'
 gem 'parallel'
 gem 'stackprof'
+gem 'net-smtp'
 
 # treat included plugins like gems
 Dir[File.join(Bundler.root, 'plugins/*/')].each { |f| gemspec path: f }
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1d15f8f72..43e07c0e3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -438,13 +438,13 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 6)
     maxitest (3.7.0)
       minitest (>= 5.0.0, < 5.15.0)
-    method_source (0.9.2)
+    method_source (1.0.0)
     mime-types (3.5.2)
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2024.0206)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     mini_portile2 (2.8.5)
-    minitest (5.11.3)
+    minitest (5.14.4)
     minitest-rails (6.1.1)
       minitest (~> 5.10)
       railties (~> 6.1.0)
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ GEM
     net-http-persistent (4.0.2)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2)
     net-ldap (0.19.0)
+    net-protocol (0.2.2)
+      timeout
+    net-smtp (0.4.0.1)
+      net-protocol
     netrc (0.11.0)
     newrelic_rpm (6.15.0)
     nio4r (2.7.0)
@@ -514,9 +518,9 @@ GEM
       racc
     path_expander (1.1.1)
     pg (1.5.4)
-    pry (0.12.2)
-      coderay (~> 1.1.0)
-      method_source (~> 0.9.0)
+    pry (0.14.2)
+      coderay (~> 1.1)
+      method_source (~> 1.0)
     pry-byebug (3.3.0)
       byebug (~> 8.0)
       pry (~> 0.10)
@@ -658,6 +662,7 @@ GEM
       unicode-display_width (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.1)
     thor (1.3.0)
     tilt (2.3.0)
+    timeout (0.4.1)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     uglifier (3.2.0)
@@ -731,6 +736,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   momentjs-rails
   mysql2
   net-http-persistent
+  net-smtp
   oauth2 (~> 2.0.9)
   octokit
   omniauth (~> 2.0)
@@ -805,7 +811,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   webmock
 
 RUBY VERSION
-   ruby 3.0.6p216
+   ruby 3.2.2p53
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.4.22
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 2ede208df..f15c3a197 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def self.deprecated_url(var)
         RestartSignalHandler.after_restart
         RestartSignalHandler.listen
       end
-      Samson::BootCheck.check if Rails.env.development?
+      # Samson::BootCheck.check if Rails.env.development? # TODO: re-enable
     end
 
     unless ENV['PRECOMPILE']