diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 195ab5f..f478b6b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'jekyll', '~>3.6.3'
+gem 'jekyll', '~>3.8.4'
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 09efd36..a5b545c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ url: "https://chaospott.de"
 markdown: kramdown
 permalink: /:year/:month/:day/:title
 paginate: 5
-plugins: [jekyll-paginate]
 paginate_path: "/blog/:num"
 include: [
   ".well-known"