diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 19bd41d0975..050a8145ef7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ gem 'logstash-event', require: false
 gem 'logstash-logger', require: false
 gem 'logster'
 
-# NOTE: later versions of sassc are causing a segfault, possibly dependent on processer architecture
-# and until resolved should be locked at 2.0.1
-gem 'sassc', '2.0.1', require: false
+gem 'sassc', '2.4.0', require: false
 gem "sassc-rails"
 
 gem 'rotp', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9f053cac2c3..3edcc0a4e64 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -376,9 +376,8 @@ GEM
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.0)
       nokogumbo (~> 2.0)
-    sassc (2.0.1)
+    sassc (2.4.0)
       ffi (~> 1.9)
-      rake
     sassc-rails (2.1.2)
       railties (>= 4.0.0)
       sassc (>= 2.0)
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-prof
   ruby-readability
   rubyzip
-  sassc (= 2.0.1)
+  sassc (= 2.4.0)
   sassc-rails
   seed-fu
   shoulda-matchers