diff --git a/.plugins/octopress-gemoji b/.plugins/octopress-gemoji
index e55c215..722e3ea 160000
--- a/.plugins/octopress-gemoji
+++ b/.plugins/octopress-gemoji
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e55c21510ee1e45714580f98d883a2582a953302
+Subproject commit 722e3ea0fdcfb918b7c626827a470cdca78c0fd6
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eaaee8c..cc7419e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'chronic', '~> 0.10.2'
   gem 'compass', '~> 1.0.3'
   gem 'csv', '~> 3.3.0'
-  gem 'gemoji', '~> 4.1.0'
+  gem 'gemoji', '~> 2.1.0'
   gem 'google-analytics-data', '~> 0.6.1'
   gem 'htmlcompressor', '~> 0.4.0'
   gem 'jekyll', '~> 4.3.3'
diff --git a/patches/Gemfile.patch b/patches/Gemfile.patch
index 1cd333c..3dd6e04 100644
--- a/patches/Gemfile.patch
+++ b/patches/Gemfile.patch
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ index 5683812..eaaee8c 100644
 +  gem 'chronic', '~> 0.10.2'
 +  gem 'compass', '~> 1.0.3'
 +  gem 'csv', '~> 3.3.0'
-+  gem 'gemoji', '~> 4.1.0'
++  gem 'gemoji', '~> 2.1.0'
 +  gem 'google-analytics-data', '~> 0.6.1'
 +  gem 'htmlcompressor', '~> 0.4.0'
 +  gem 'jekyll', '~> 4.3.3'