diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 278e0fb961c..73f97c05334 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ gem 'htmlentities', require: false
 #  we are open to it. by deferring require to the initializer we can configure discourse installs without it
 
 gem 'flamegraph', require: false
-gem 'rack-mini-profiler', require: false
+gem 'rack-mini-profiler', require: ['enable_rails_patches']
 
 gem 'unicorn', require: false, platform: :mri
 gem 'puma', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bc54d3f593b..4a682471dcf 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ GEM
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     r2 (0.2.7)
     rack (2.0.8)
-    rack-mini-profiler (1.1.6)
+    rack-mini-profiler (2.0.1)
       rack (>= 1.2.0)
     rack-protection (2.0.8.1)
       rack