diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1844efe52..3cee01d6b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ gem 'open-uri'
 gem 'paper_trail'
 gem 'pg', '~> 1.1'
 gem 'postmark-rails'
-gem 'puma', '~> 6'
+gem 'puma', '~> 7.2'
 gem 'rack-cors'
 gem 'rails', '~> 7.1'
 gem 'sentry-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 61a798b02..f4985433c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ GEM
       date
       stringio
     public_suffix (6.0.2)
-    puma (6.6.1)
+    puma (7.2.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     raabro (1.4.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pg (~> 1.1)
   postmark-rails
   pry-byebug
-  puma (~> 6)
+  puma (~> 7.2)
   rack-cors
   rails (~> 7.1)
   rails-erd
diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index 1713441e5..71f0f48ff 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -26,20 +26,25 @@
 # Specifies the `pidfile` that Puma will use.
 pidfile ENV.fetch('PIDFILE', 'tmp/pids/server.pid')
 
-# Specifies the number of `workers` to boot in clustered mode.
-# Workers are forked web server processes. If using threads and workers together
-# the concurrency of the application would be max `threads` * `workers`.
-# Workers do not work on JRuby or Windows (both of which do not support
-# processes).
-#
-# workers ENV.fetch("WEB_CONCURRENCY") { 2 }
+worker_count = ENV.fetch('WEB_CONCURRENCY', 1).to_i
 
-# Use the `preload_app!` method when specifying a `workers` number.
-# This directive tells Puma to first boot the application and load code
-# before forking the application. This takes advantage of Copy On Write
-# process behavior so workers use less memory.
-#
-# preload_app!
+if worker_count > 1
+
+  # Specifies the number of `workers` to boot in clustered mode.
+  # Workers are forked web server processes. If using threads and workers together
+  # the concurrency of the application would be max `threads` * `workers`.
+  # Workers do not work on JRuby or Windows (both of which do not support
+  # processes).
+
+  workers worker_count
+
+  # Use the `preload_app!` method when specifying a `workers` number.
+  # This directive tells Puma to first boot the application and load code
+  # before forking the application. This takes advantage of Copy On Write
+  # process behavior so workers use less memory.
+
+  preload_app!
+end
 
 # Allow puma to be restarted by `bin/rails restart` command.
 plugin :tmp_restart