diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0b6cc6b..ac31e6c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -10,34 +10,36 @@ PATH
       simple_form (~> 5.3)
       stimulus-rails (~> 1.3)
       turbo-rails (~> 2.0)
-      view_component (~> 3.21)
+      view_component (>= 3.21, < 5.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    action_text-trix (2.1.15)
+      railties
+    actioncable (8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
-    actionmailbox (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      activejob (= 8.0.4)
-      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
-      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    actionmailbox (8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      activejob (= 8.1.1)
+      activerecord (= 8.1.1)
+      activestorage (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       mail (>= 2.8.0)
-    actionmailer (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      actionview (= 8.0.4)
-      activejob (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    actionmailer (8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      actionview (= 8.1.1)
+      activejob (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       mail (>= 2.8.0)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
-    actionpack (8.0.4)
-      actionview (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    actionpack (8.1.1)
+      actionview (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
       rack (>= 2.2.4)
       rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
@@ -45,42 +47,43 @@ GEM
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
       useragent (~> 0.16)
-    actiontext (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
-      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    actiontext (8.1.1)
+      action_text-trix (~> 2.1.15)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      activerecord (= 8.1.1)
+      activestorage (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    actionview (8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.11)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
-    activejob (8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    activejob (8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
-    activerecord (8.0.4)
-      activemodel (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    activemodel (8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
+    activerecord (8.1.1)
+      activemodel (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       timeout (>= 0.4.0)
-    activestorage (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      activejob (= 8.0.4)
-      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    activestorage (8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      activejob (= 8.1.1)
+      activerecord (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-    activesupport (8.0.4)
+    activesupport (8.1.1)
       base64
-      benchmark (>= 0.3)
       bigdecimal
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
       connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
       drb
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      json
       logger (>= 1.4.2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
@@ -90,7 +93,6 @@ GEM
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
     ast (2.4.3)
     base64 (0.3.0)
-    benchmark (0.5.0)
     bigdecimal (3.3.1)
     brakeman (7.1.0)
       racc
@@ -166,7 +168,6 @@ GEM
       net-smtp
     marcel (1.1.0)
     matrix (0.4.3)
-    method_source (1.1.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     minitest (5.26.0)
     net-imap (0.5.12)
@@ -212,20 +213,20 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rackup (2.2.1)
       rack (>= 3)
-    rails (8.0.4)
-      actioncable (= 8.0.4)
-      actionmailbox (= 8.0.4)
-      actionmailer (= 8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      actiontext (= 8.0.4)
-      actionview (= 8.0.4)
-      activejob (= 8.0.4)
-      activemodel (= 8.0.4)
-      activerecord (= 8.0.4)
-      activestorage (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    rails (8.1.1)
+      actioncable (= 8.1.1)
+      actionmailbox (= 8.1.1)
+      actionmailer (= 8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      actiontext (= 8.1.1)
+      actionview (= 8.1.1)
+      activejob (= 8.1.1)
+      activemodel (= 8.1.1)
+      activerecord (= 8.1.1)
+      activestorage (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 8.0.4)
+      railties (= 8.1.1)
     rails-dom-testing (2.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
@@ -233,9 +234,9 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.2)
       loofah (~> 2.21)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
-    railties (8.0.4)
-      actionpack (= 8.0.4)
-      activesupport (= 8.0.4)
+    railties (8.1.1)
+      actionpack (= 8.1.1)
+      activesupport (= 8.1.1)
       irb (~> 1.13)
       rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
@@ -323,12 +324,11 @@ GEM
     unicode-display_width (3.2.0)
       unicode-emoji (~> 4.1)
     unicode-emoji (4.1.0)
-    uri (1.1.0)
+    uri (1.1.1)
     useragent (0.16.11)
-    view_component (3.23.2)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2.0, < 8.1)
+    view_component (4.1.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
-      method_source (~> 1.0)
     websocket (1.2.11)
     websocket-driver (0.8.0)
       base64
diff --git a/essence.gemspec b/essence.gemspec
index b97d01c..da86496 100644
--- a/essence.gemspec
+++ b/essence.gemspec
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'simple_form',     '~> 5.3'
   spec.add_dependency 'stimulus-rails',  '~> 1.3'
   spec.add_dependency 'turbo-rails',     '~> 2.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'view_component',  '~> 3.21'
+  spec.add_dependency 'view_component',  '>= 3.21', '< 5.0'
 end