We should be able to update minor versions of stable libs without breaking
gitlab Gemfile

--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,64 +13,64 @@
 # NOTE: When incrementing the major or minor version here, also increment activerecord_version
 # in vendor/gems/attr_encrypted/attr_encrypted.gemspec until we resolve
 # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/375713
-gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.7.2'
+gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.7', '>= 6.1.7.2'
 
-gem 'bootsnap', '~> 1.16.0', require: false
+gem 'bootsnap', '~> 1.16', require: false
 
 # Pin openssl to match the version bundled with our supported Rubies.
 # See https://stdgems.org/openssl/#gem-version.
 gem 'openssl', '2.2.2'
-gem 'ipaddr', '~> 1.2.5'
+gem 'ipaddr', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.5'
 
 # Responders respond_to and respond_with
 gem 'responders', '~> 3.0'
 
-gem 'sprockets', '~> 3.7.0'
+gem 'sprockets', '~> 3.7'
 
-gem 'view_component', '~> 2.74.1'
+gem 'view_component', '~> 2.74', '>= 2.74.1'
 
 # Supported DBs
-gem 'pg', '~> 1.4.6'
+gem 'pg', '~> 1.4', '>= 1.4.6'
 
 gem 'rugged', '~> 1.5'
-gem 'grape-path-helpers', '~> 1.7.1'
+gem 'grape-path-helpers', '~> 1.7', '>= 1.7.1'
 
 gem 'faraday', '~> 1.0'
-gem 'marginalia', '~> 1.11.1'
+gem 'marginalia', '~> 1.11', '>= 1.11.1'
 
 # Authorization
-gem 'declarative_policy', '~> 1.1.0'
+gem 'declarative_policy', '~> 1.1'
 
 # Authentication libraries
-gem 'devise', '~> 4.8.1'
+gem 'devise', '~> 4.8', '>= 4.8.1'
 gem 'devise-pbkdf2-encryptable', '~> 0.0.0', path: 'vendor/gems/devise-pbkdf2-encryptable'
 gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1', '>= 3.1.14'
 gem 'doorkeeper', '~> 5.6', '>= 5.6.6'
 gem 'doorkeeper-openid_connect', '~> 1.8', '>= 1.8.5'
-gem 'rexml', '~> 3.2.5'
-gem 'ruby-saml', '~> 1.13.0'
-gem 'omniauth', '~> 2.1.0'
+gem 'rexml', '~> 3.2', '>= 3.2.5'
+gem 'ruby-saml', '~> 1.13'
+gem 'omniauth', '~> 2.1'
 gem 'omniauth-auth0', '~> 3.1'
 gem 'omniauth-azure-activedirectory-v2', '~> 2.0'
 gem 'omniauth-azure-oauth2', '~> 0.0.9', path: 'vendor/gems/omniauth-azure-oauth2' # See gem README.md
 gem 'omniauth-cas3', '~> 1.1.4', path: 'vendor/gems/omniauth-cas3' # See vendor/gems/omniauth-cas3/README.md
 gem 'omniauth-dingtalk-oauth2', '~> 1.0'
-gem 'omniauth-alicloud', '~> 2.0.1'
-gem 'omniauth-facebook', '~> 4.0.0'
-gem 'omniauth-github', '2.0.1'
+gem 'omniauth-alicloud', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.1'
+gem 'omniauth-facebook', '~> 4.0'
+gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.1'
 gem 'omniauth-gitlab', '~> 4.0.0', path: 'vendor/gems/omniauth-gitlab' # See vendor/gems/omniauth-gitlab/README.md
 gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 1.1'
 gem 'omniauth-oauth2-generic', '~> 0.2.2'
-gem 'omniauth-saml', '~> 2.0.0'
+gem 'omniauth-saml', '~> 2.0'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.4'
 gem 'omniauth_crowd', '~> 2.4.0', path: 'vendor/gems/omniauth_crowd' # See vendor/gems/omniauth_crowd/README.md
 gem 'omniauth_openid_connect', '~> 0.6.1'
 # Locked until Ruby 3.0 upgrade since upgrading will pull in an updated net-smtp gem.
 # See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/emails.html#rationale.
-gem 'openid_connect', '= 1.3.0'
+gem 'openid_connect', '~> 1.3'
 gem 'omniauth-salesforce', '~> 1.0.5', path: 'vendor/gems/omniauth-salesforce' # See gem README.md
 gem 'omniauth-atlassian-oauth2', '~> 0.2.0'
-gem 'rack-oauth2', '~> 1.21.3'
+gem 'rack-oauth2', '~> 1.21', '>= 1.21.3'
 gem 'jwt', '~> 2.5'
 
 # Kerberos authentication. EE-only
@@ -80,28 +80,28 @@
 # Spam and anti-bot protection
 gem 'recaptcha', '~> 5.12', require: 'recaptcha/rails'
 gem 'akismet', '~> 3.0'
-gem 'invisible_captcha', '~> 2.0.0'
+gem 'invisible_captcha', '~> 2.0'
 
 # Two-factor authentication
-gem 'devise-two-factor', '~> 4.0.2'
+gem 'devise-two-factor', '~> 4.0', '>= 4.0.2'
 gem 'rqrcode-rails3', '~> 0.1.7'
 gem 'attr_encrypted', '~> 3.2.4', path: 'vendor/gems/attr_encrypted'
 gem 'u2f', '~> 0.2.1'
 
 # GitLab Pages
-gem 'validates_hostname', '~> 1.0.11'
-gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.3.2', require: 'zip'
+gem 'validates_hostname', '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.11'
+gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.2', require: 'zip'
 # GitLab Pages letsencrypt support
 gem 'acme-client', '~> 2.0'
 
 # Browser detection
-gem 'browser', '~> 5.3.1'
+gem 'browser', '~> 5.3', '>= 5.3.1'
 
 # OS detection for usage ping
 gem 'ohai', '~> 17.9'
 
 # GPG
-gem 'gpgme', '~> 2.0.22'
+gem 'gpgme', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.22'
 
 # LDAP Auth
 # GitLab fork with several improvements to original library. For full list of changes
@@ -110,30 +110,30 @@
 gem 'net-ldap', '~> 0.17.1'
 
 # API
-gem 'grape', '~> 1.5.2'
+gem 'grape', '~> 1.5','>= 1.5.2'
 gem 'grape-entity', '~> 0.10.0'
-gem 'rack-cors', '~> 1.1.1', require: 'rack/cors'
+gem 'rack-cors', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.1', require: 'rack/cors'
 gem 'grape-swagger', '~>1.5.0', group: [:development, :test]
 gem 'grape-swagger-entity', '~> 0.5.1', group: [:development, :test]
 
 # GraphQL API
-gem 'graphql', '~> 1.13.12'
+gem 'graphql', '~> 1.13', '>= 1.13.12'
 gem 'graphiql-rails', '~> 1.8'
-gem 'apollo_upload_server', '~> 2.1.0'
+gem 'apollo_upload_server', '~> 2.1'
 gem 'graphql-docs', '~> 2.1.0', group: [:development, :test]
 gem 'graphlient', '~> 0.5.0' # Used by BulkImport feature (group::import)
 
-gem 'hashie', '~> 5.0.0'
+gem 'hashie', '~> 5.0'
 
 # Pagination
-gem 'kaminari', '~> 1.2.2'
+gem 'kaminari', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.2'
 
 # HAML
-gem 'hamlit', '~> 2.15.0'
+gem 'hamlit', '~> 2.15'
 
 # Files attachments
 gem 'carrierwave', '~> 1.3'
-gem 'mini_magick', '~> 4.10.1'
+gem 'mini_magick', '~> 4.10','>= 4.10.1'
 
 # for backups
 gem 'fog-aws', '~> 3.18'
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@
 # We may want to update this dependency if this is ever addressed upstream, e.g. via
 # https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-ruby-sdk/pull/93
 gem 'fog-aliyun', '~> 0.4'
-gem 'gitlab-fog-azure-rm', '~> 1.7.0', require: 'fog/azurerm'
+gem 'gitlab-fog-azure-rm', '~> 1.7', require: 'fog/azurerm'
 
 # for Google storage
-gem 'google-cloud-storage', '~> 1.44.0'
+gem 'google-cloud-storage', '~> 1.44'
 gem 'google-apis-core', '~> 0.10.0'
 gem 'google-apis-compute_v1', '~> 0.57.0'
 gem 'google-apis-container_v1', '~> 0.43.0'
@@ -168,36 +168,36 @@
 gem 'unf', '~> 0.1.4'
 
 # Seed data
-gem 'seed-fu', '~> 2.3.7'
+gem 'seed-fu', '~> 2.3','>= 2.3.7'
 
 # Search
 gem 'elasticsearch-model', '~> 7.2'
 gem 'elasticsearch-rails', '~> 7.2', require: 'elasticsearch/rails/instrumentation'
-gem 'elasticsearch-api',   '7.13.3'
-gem 'aws-sdk-core', '~> 3.171.0'
+gem 'elasticsearch-api',   '~> 7.13', '>= 7.13.3'
+gem 'aws-sdk-core', '~> 3.171'
 gem 'aws-sdk-cloudformation', '~> 1'
-gem 'aws-sdk-s3', '~> 1.121.0'
+gem 'aws-sdk-s3', '~> 1.121'
 gem 'faraday_middleware-aws-sigv4', '~>0.3.0'
-gem 'typhoeus', '~> 1.4.0' # Used with Elasticsearch to support http keep-alive connections
+gem 'typhoeus', '~> 1.4' # Used with Elasticsearch to support http keep-alive connections
 
 # Markdown and HTML processing
-gem 'html-pipeline', '~> 2.14.3'
-gem 'deckar01-task_list', '2.3.2'
-gem 'gitlab-markup', '~> 1.9.0', require: 'github/markup'
+gem 'html-pipeline', '~> 2.14','>= 2.14.3'
+gem 'deckar01-task_list', '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.2'
+gem 'gitlab-markup', '~> 1.9', require: 'github/markup'
 gem 'commonmarker', '~> 0.23.6'
-gem 'kramdown', '~> 2.3.1'
-gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.3.2'
-gem 'rdoc', '~> 6.3.2'
+gem 'kramdown', '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.1'
+gem 'RedCloth', '~> 4.3', '>= 4.3.2'
+gem 'rdoc', '~> 6.3', '>= 6.3.2'
 gem 'org-ruby', '~> 0.9.12'
 gem 'creole', '~> 0.5.0'
-gem 'wikicloth', '0.8.1'
-gem 'asciidoctor', '~> 2.0.18'
+gem 'wikicloth', '~> 0.8.1'
+gem 'asciidoctor', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.18'
 gem 'asciidoctor-include-ext', '~> 0.4.0', require: false
 gem 'asciidoctor-plantuml', '~> 0.0.16'
 gem 'asciidoctor-kroki', '~> 0.8.0', require: false
-gem 'rouge', '~> 4.1.0'
+gem 'rouge', '~> 4.1'
 gem 'truncato', '~> 0.7.12'
-gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.14.3'
+gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.14', '>= 1.14.3'
 
 # Calendar rendering
 gem 'icalendar'
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 gem 'rack-timeout', '~> 0.6.3', require: 'rack/timeout/base'
 
 group :puma do
-  gem 'puma', '~> 5.6.5', require: false
+  gem 'puma', '~> 5.6', '>= 5.6.5', require: false
   gem 'puma_worker_killer', '~> 0.3.1', require: false
   gem 'sd_notify', '~> 0.1.0', require: false
 end
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@
 gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', '~> 9.0'
 
 # Background jobs
-gem 'sidekiq', '~> 6.5.7'
-gem 'sidekiq-cron', '~> 1.8.0'
-gem 'redis-namespace', '~> 1.9.0'
+gem 'sidekiq', '~> 6.5', '>= 6.5.7'
+gem 'sidekiq-cron', '~> 1.8'
+gem 'redis-namespace', '~> 1.9'
 gem 'gitlab-sidekiq-fetcher', path: 'vendor/gems/sidekiq-reliable-fetch', require: 'sidekiq-reliable-fetch'
 
 # Cron Parser
-gem 'fugit', '~> 1.8.1'
+gem 'fugit', '~> 1.8', '>= 1.8.1'
 
 # HTTP requests
 gem 'httparty', '~> 0.20.0'
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@
 gem 'ruby-progressbar', '~> 1.10'
 
 # GitLab settings
-gem 'settingslogic', '~> 2.0.9'
+gem 'settingslogic', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.9'
 
 # Linear-time regex library for untrusted regular expressions
-gem 're2', '~> 1.6.0'
+gem 're2', '~> 1.6'
 
 # Misc
 
-gem 'semver_dialects', '~> 1.2.1'
+gem 'semver_dialects', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.1'
 gem 'version_sorter', '~> 2.3'
 
 # Export Ruby Regex to Javascript
@@ -259,21 +259,21 @@
 gem 'device_detector'
 
 # Redis
-gem 'redis', '~> 4.8.0'
+gem 'redis', '~> 4.8'
 gem 'connection_pool', '~> 2.0'
 
 # Redis session store
-gem 'redis-actionpack', '~> 5.3.0'
+gem 'redis-actionpack', '~> 5.3'
 
 # Discord integration
 gem 'discordrb-webhooks', '~> 3.4', require: false
 
 # Jira integration
-gem 'jira-ruby', '~> 2.1.4'
+gem 'jira-ruby',  '~> 2.1', '>= 2.1.4'
 gem 'atlassian-jwt', '~> 0.2.0'
 
 # Slack integration
-gem 'slack-messenger', '~> 2.3.4'
+gem 'slack-messenger', '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.4'
 
 # Hangouts Chat integration
 gem 'hangouts-chat', '~> 0.0.5', require: 'hangouts_chat'
@@ -285,17 +285,17 @@
 gem 'ruby-fogbugz', '~> 0.3.0'
 
 # Kubernetes integration
-gem 'kubeclient', '~> 4.11.0'
+gem 'kubeclient', '~> 4.11'
 
 # AI
 gem 'ruby-openai', '~> 3.7'
 
 # Sanitize user input
 gem 'sanitize', '~> 6.0'
-gem 'babosa', '~> 1.0.4'
+gem 'babosa', '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.4'
 
 # Sanitizes SVG input
-gem 'loofah', '~> 2.20.0'
+gem 'loofah', '~> 2.20'
 
 # Working with license
 # Detects the open source license the repository includes
@@ -317,32 +317,32 @@
 
 gem 'rack-proxy', '~> 0.7.6'
 
-gem 'sassc-rails', '~> 2.1.0'
-gem 'autoprefixer-rails', '10.2.5.1'
-gem 'terser', '1.0.2'
+gem 'sassc-rails', '~> 2.1'
+gem 'autoprefixer-rails', '~> 10.2', '>= 10.2.5.1'
+gem 'terser', '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.2'
 
 gem 'addressable', '~> 2.8'
 gem 'tanuki_emoji', '~> 0.6'
-gem 'gon', '~> 6.4.0'
-gem 'request_store', '~> 1.5.1'
+gem 'gon', '~> 6.4'
+gem 'request_store', '~> 1.5', '>= 1.5.1'
 gem 'base32', '~> 0.3.0'
 
-gem 'gitlab-license', '~> 2.2.1'
+gem 'gitlab-license', '~> 2.2', '>= 2.2.1'
 
 # Protect against bruteforcing
-gem 'rack-attack', '~> 6.6.1'
+gem 'rack-attack', '~> 6.6', '>= 6.6.1'
 
 # Sentry integration
 gem 'sentry-raven', '~> 3.1'
-gem 'sentry-ruby', '~> 5.8.0'
-gem 'sentry-rails', '~> 5.8.0'
-gem 'sentry-sidekiq', '~> 5.8.0'
+gem 'sentry-ruby', '~> 5.8'
+gem 'sentry-rails', '~> 5.8'
+gem 'sentry-sidekiq', '~> 5.8'
 
 # PostgreSQL query parsing
 #
 gem 'pg_query', '~> 2.2', '>= 2.2.1'
 
-gem 'premailer-rails', '~> 1.10.3'
+gem 'premailer-rails', '~> 1.10', '>= 1.10.3'
 
 gem 'gitlab-labkit', '~> 0.31.1'
 gem 'thrift', '>= 0.16.0'
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@
 # I18n
 gem 'ruby_parser', '~> 3.20', require: false
 gem 'rails-i18n', '~> 7.0'
-gem 'gettext_i18n_rails', '~> 1.8.0'
+gem 'gettext_i18n_rails', '~> 1.8'
 gem 'gettext_i18n_rails_js', '~> 1.3'
 gem 'gettext', '~> 3.3', require: false, group: :development
 
-gem 'batch-loader', '~> 2.0.1'
+gem 'batch-loader', '~> 2.0', '>= 2.0.1'
 
 # Perf bar
 gem 'peek', '~> 1.1'
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@
 gem 'snowplow-tracker', '~> 0.8.0'
 
 # Metrics
-gem 'webrick', '~> 1.8.1', require: false
+gem 'webrick', '~> 1.8', '>= 1.8.1', require: false
 gem 'prometheus-client-mmap', '~> 0.19', require: 'prometheus/client'
 
-gem 'warning', '~> 1.3.0'
+gem 'warning', '~> 1.3'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'lefthook', '~> 1.3.10', require: false
@@ -496,8 +496,8 @@
 gem 'health_check', '~> 3.0'
 
 # System information
-gem 'vmstat', '~> 2.3.0'
-gem 'sys-filesystem', '~> 1.4.3'
+gem 'vmstat', '~> 2.3'
+gem 'sys-filesystem', '~> 1.4', '>= 1.4.3'
 
 # NTP client
 gem 'net-ntp'
@@ -506,25 +506,25 @@
 gem 'ssh_data', '~> 1.3'
 
 # Spamcheck GRPC protocol definitions
-gem 'spamcheck', '~> 1.3.0'
+gem 'spamcheck', '~> 1.3'
 
 # Gitaly GRPC protocol definitions
-gem 'gitaly', '~> 15.9.0-rc3'
+gem 'gitaly', '~> 15.9'
 
 # KAS GRPC protocol definitions
 gem 'kas-grpc', '~> 0.0.2'
 
-gem 'grpc', '~> 1.42.0'
+gem 'grpc', '~> 1.42'
 
 gem 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.22', '>= 3.22.3'
 
-gem 'toml-rb', '~> 2.2.0'
+gem 'toml-rb', '~> 2.2'
 
 # Feature toggles
 gem 'flipper', '~> 0.25.0'
 gem 'flipper-active_record', '~> 0.25.0'
 gem 'flipper-active_support_cache_store', '~> 0.25.0'
-gem 'unleash', '~> 3.2.2'
+gem 'unleash', '~> 3.2', '>= 3.2.2'
 gem 'gitlab-experiment', '~> 0.7.1'
 
 # Structured logging
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@
 gem 'gitlab-net-dns', '~> 0.9.2'
 
 # Countries list
-gem 'countries', '~> 4.0.0'
+gem 'countries', '~> 4.0'
 
-gem 'retriable', '~> 3.1.2'
+gem 'retriable', '~> 3.1', '>= 3.1.2'
 
 # LRU cache
 gem 'lru_redux'
@@ -555,18 +555,18 @@
 gem 'microsoft_graph_mailer', '~> 0.1.0', path: 'vendor/gems/microsoft_graph_mailer'
 
 # File encryption
-gem 'lockbox', '~> 1.1.1'
+gem 'lockbox', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.1'
 
 # Email validation
 gem 'valid_email', '~> 0.1'
 
 # JSON
-gem 'json', '~> 2.6.3'
+gem 'json', '~> 2.6', '>= 2.6.3'
 gem 'json_schemer', '~> 0.2.18'
-gem 'oj', '~> 3.13.21'
+gem 'oj', '~> 3.13', '>= 3.13.21'
 gem 'oj-introspect', '~> 0.7'
-gem 'multi_json', '~> 1.14.1'
-gem 'yajl-ruby', '~> 1.4.3', require: 'yajl'
+gem 'multi_json', '~> 1.14', '>= 1.14.1'
+gem 'yajl-ruby', '~> 1.4','>= 1.4.3', require: 'yajl'
 
 gem 'webauthn', '~> 3.0'
 
@@ -577,20 +577,20 @@
 
 gem 'ipynbdiff', path: 'vendor/gems/ipynbdiff'
 
-gem 'ed25519', '~> 1.3.0'
+gem 'ed25519', '~> 1.3'
 
 # Error Tracking OpenAPI client
 # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/doc/development/rake_tasks.md#update-openapi-client-for-error-tracking-feature
 gem 'error_tracking_open_api', path: 'vendor/gems/error_tracking_open_api'
 
 # Vulnerability advisories
-gem 'cvss-suite', '~> 3.0.1', require: 'cvss_suite'
+gem 'cvss-suite', '~> 3.0','>= 3.0.1', require: 'cvss_suite'
 
 # Work with RPM packages
 gem 'arr-pm', '~> 0.0.12'
 
 # Apple plist parsing
-gem 'CFPropertyList', '~> 3.0.0'
+gem 'CFPropertyList', '~> 3.0'
 gem 'app_store_connect'
 
 # For phone verification