diff --git a/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock b/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
index b446997650..c62bd84f5b 100644
--- a/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/playbook-website/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ PATH
   remote: ../playbook
   specs:
     playbook_ui (17.1.0)
-      actionpack (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      actionview (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      view_component (= 2.83.0)
+      actionpack (>= 7.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
+      view_component (= 4.3.0)
       vite_rails
 
 GEM
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ GEM
       net-pop
       net-smtp
     marcel (1.1.0)
-    method_source (1.1.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     mini_portile2 (2.8.9)
     minitest (5.25.1)
@@ -302,10 +301,10 @@ GEM
       tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
     useragent (0.16.11)
-    view_component (2.83.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2.0, < 8.0)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-      method_source (~> 1.0)
+    view_component (4.3.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
     vite_rails (3.0.17)
       railties (>= 5.1, < 8)
       vite_ruby (~> 3.0, >= 3.2.2)
diff --git a/playbook/Gemfile.lock b/playbook/Gemfile.lock
index 00d0cff6b6..b3962bb6c2 100644
--- a/playbook/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/playbook/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,164 +2,211 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     playbook_ui (17.1.0)
-      actionpack (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      actionview (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2.4.5)
-      view_component (= 2.83.0)
+      actionpack (>= 7.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
+      view_component (= 4.3.0)
       vite_rails
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+    actioncable (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activejob (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-      mail (>= 2.7.1)
-      net-imap
-      net-pop
-      net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actionview (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activejob (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-      mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
-      net-imap
-      net-pop
-      net-smtp
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (7.0.8.1)
-      actionview (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-      rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.4)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
+    actionmailbox (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      mail (>= 2.8.0)
+    actionmailer (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      mail (>= 2.8.0)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+    actionpack (7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
+      nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
+      racc
+      rack (>= 2.2.4, < 3.3)
+      rack-session (>= 1.0.1)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+      useragent (~> 0.16)
+    actiontext (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+    actionview (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       builder (~> 3.1)
-      erubi (~> 1.4)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+      cgi
+      erubi (~> 1.11)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.2)
+      rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.6)
+    activejob (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-    activerecord (7.0.8.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-    activestorage (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activejob (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+    activemodel (7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+    activerecord (7.2.3)
+      activemodel (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      timeout (>= 0.4.0)
+    activestorage (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
-      mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
-    activesupport (7.0.8.1)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+    activesupport (7.2.3)
+      base64
+      benchmark (>= 0.3)
+      bigdecimal
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5)
+      drb
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      logger (>= 1.4.2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
-      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
+      securerandom (>= 0.3)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
     ast (2.4.2)
+    base64 (0.3.0)
+    benchmark (0.5.0)
+    bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     brakeman (7.0.0)
       racc
-    builder (3.2.4)
+    builder (3.3.0)
     byebug (11.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.2.3)
-    crass (1.0.6)
-    date (3.3.4)
+    cgi (0.5.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
+    connection_pool (3.0.2)
+    crass (1.0.7)
+    date (3.5.1)
     diff-lcs (1.4.4)
-    dry-cli (1.4.1)
-    erubi (1.12.0)
-    globalid (1.2.1)
+    drb (2.2.3)
+    dry-cli (1.0.0)
+    erb (6.0.4)
+    erubi (1.13.1)
+    globalid (1.4.0)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
-    i18n (1.14.4)
+    i18n (1.15.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    io-console (0.8.2)
+    irb (1.18.0)
+      pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      prism (>= 1.3.0)
+      rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
+      reline (>= 0.4.2)
     json (2.7.1)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
-    loofah (2.22.0)
+    logger (1.7.0)
+    loofah (2.25.1)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.12.0)
-    mail (2.8.1)
+    mail (2.9.1)
+      logger
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    marcel (1.0.4)
-    method_source (1.0.0)
+    marcel (1.2.1)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     mini_portile2 (2.8.9)
-    minitest (5.22.3)
-    net-imap (0.4.10)
+    minitest (6.0.6)
+      drb (~> 2.0)
+      prism (~> 1.5)
+    net-imap (0.6.4.1)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
       net-protocol
     net-protocol (0.2.2)
       timeout
-    net-smtp (0.5.0)
+    net-smtp (0.5.1)
       net-protocol
-    nio4r (2.7.1)
-    nokogiri (1.19.1)
+    nio4r (2.7.5)
+    nokogiri (1.19.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.24.0)
     parser (3.3.0.5)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
       racc
+    pp (0.6.4)
+      prettyprint
+    prettyprint (0.2.0)
+    prism (1.9.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (2.2.23)
-    rack-proxy (0.8.3)
+    rack (3.2.6)
+    rack-proxy (0.7.7)
       rack
-    rack-test (2.1.0)
+    rack-session (2.1.2)
+      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
+      rack (>= 3.0.0)
+    rack-test (2.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
-    rails (7.0.8.1)
-      actioncable (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actionmailer (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actiontext (= 7.0.8.1)
-      actionview (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activejob (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
+    rackup (2.3.1)
+      rack (>= 3)
+    rails (7.2.3)
+      actioncable (= 7.2.3)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.2.3)
+      actionmailer (= 7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      actiontext (= 7.2.3)
+      actionview (= 7.2.3)
+      activejob (= 7.2.3)
+      activemodel (= 7.2.3)
+      activerecord (= 7.2.3)
+      activestorage (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.0.8.1)
-    rails-dom-testing (2.2.0)
+      railties (= 7.2.3)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
       minitest
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.6.0)
-      loofah (~> 2.21)
-      nokogiri (~> 1.14)
-    railties (7.0.8.1)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.8.1)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.8.1)
-      method_source
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.7.0)
+      loofah (~> 2.25)
+      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 (7.2.3)
+      actionpack (= 7.2.3)
+      activesupport (= 7.2.3)
+      cgi
+      irb (~> 1.13)
+      rackup (>= 1.0.0)
       rake (>= 12.2)
-      thor (~> 1.0)
-      zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
+      thor (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.2)
+      tsort (>= 0.2)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.6)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
-    rake (13.1.0)
+    rake (13.4.2)
+    rbs (4.0.3)
+      logger
+      prism (>= 1.6.0)
+      tsort
+    rdoc (8.0.0)
+      erb
+      prism (>= 1.6.0)
+      rbs (>= 4.0.0)
+      tsort
     regexp_parser (2.9.0)
+    reline (0.6.3)
+      io-console (~> 0.5)
     rexml (3.2.6)
     rspec (3.9.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.9.0)
@@ -202,17 +249,20 @@ GEM
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
-    thor (1.3.1)
-    timeout (0.4.1)
+    securerandom (0.4.1)
+    thor (1.5.0)
+    timeout (0.6.1)
+    tsort (0.2.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     tzinfo-data (1.2018.9)
       tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
-    view_component (2.83.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.2.0, < 8.0)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-      method_source (~> 1.0)
+    useragent (0.16.11)
+    view_component (4.3.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
     vite_rails (3.0.17)
       railties (>= 5.1, < 8)
       vite_ruby (~> 3.0, >= 3.2.2)
@@ -220,7 +270,8 @@ GEM
       dry-cli (>= 0.7, < 2)
       rack-proxy (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.1)
       zeitwerk (~> 2.2)
-    websocket-driver (0.7.6)
+    websocket-driver (0.8.2)
+      base64
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     will_paginate (3.3.1)
@@ -233,7 +284,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   brakeman (= 7.0.0)
   byebug (>= 11.0.0)
   playbook_ui!
-  rails (>= 5.2.4.5)
+  rails (>= 7.1.0)
   rspec-html-matchers (= 0.9.1)
   rspec-rails (~> 3.8, >= 3.8.0)
   rubocop
diff --git a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_pagination/pagination.html.erb b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_pagination/pagination.html.erb
index 89c48cc212..b95edad73e 100644
--- a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_pagination/pagination.html.erb
+++ b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_pagination/pagination.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <%= pb_content_tag do %>
-     <%= will_paginate object.model, renderer: Playbook::Pagination::Rails %>
+     <%= helpers.will_paginate object.model, renderer: Playbook::Pagination::Rails %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_rich_text_editor/rich_text_editor.html.erb b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_rich_text_editor/rich_text_editor.html.erb
index 585dd8d99b..8a6ca30feb 100644
--- a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_rich_text_editor/rich_text_editor.html.erb
+++ b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_rich_text_editor/rich_text_editor.html.erb
@@ -158,5 +158,5 @@
 
 <%# Module script: rich_text_editor_rails.js %>
 <script type="module">
-<%= File.read(Playbook.kit_path("rich_text_editor", "rich_text_editor_rails.js")).html_safe %>
+<%= ::File.read(Playbook.kit_path("rich_text_editor", "rich_text_editor_rails.js")).html_safe %>
 </script>
diff --git a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_user_badge/user_badge.rb b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_user_badge/user_badge.rb
index a44b869ac3..a4b0ea737b 100644
--- a/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_user_badge/user_badge.rb
+++ b/playbook/app/pb_kits/playbook/pb_user_badge/user_badge.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ def classname
 
       def display_badge
         @display_badge ||= begin
-          badge_path = File.join(
-            File.dirname(self.class.source_location),
-            "badges",
-            "#{badge}.svg"
-          )
+          badge_path = Playbook.kit_path("user_badge", "badges", "#{badge}.svg")
           File.read(badge_path).html_safe
         end
       end
diff --git a/playbook/config/brakeman.ignore b/playbook/config/brakeman.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ced0731699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbook/config/brakeman.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "ignored_warnings": [
+    {
+      "warning_type": "Unmaintained Dependency",
+      "warning_code": 120,
+      "fingerprint": "d84924377155b41e094acae7404ec2e521629d86f97b0ff628e3d1b263f8101c",
+      "check_name": "EOLRails",
+      "message": "Support for Rails 7.2.3 ended on 2026-08-09",
+      "file": "Gemfile.lock",
+      "line": 165,
+      "link": "https://brakemanscanner.org/docs/warning_types/unmaintained_dependency/",
+      "code": null,
+      "render_path": null,
+      "location": null,
+      "user_input": null,
+      "confidence": "High",
+      "note": "Dev lockfile Rails 7.2 for ViewComponent 4. Acknowledging post-EOL Brakeman warning; Rails upgrade tracked separately."
+    }
+  ],
+  "updated": "2026-08-12 00:00:00 -0400",
+  "brakeman_version": "7.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/playbook/lib/playbook/engine.rb b/playbook/lib/playbook/engine.rb
index 7714755c0b..fa7c70c648 100644
--- a/playbook/lib/playbook/engine.rb
+++ b/playbook/lib/playbook/engine.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
       g.test_framework :rspec
     end
 
-    config.view_component.render_monkey_patch_enabled = false
-
     if config.respond_to?(:assets)
       config.assets.paths ||= []
       config.assets.paths << Playbook::Engine.root.join("fonts")
diff --git a/playbook/playbook_ui.gemspec b/playbook/playbook_ui.gemspec
index eaa453f4aa..950c635606 100644
--- a/playbook/playbook_ui.gemspec
+++ b/playbook/playbook_ui.gemspec
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files.reject! { |file| file == "dist/chunks/lib.js" }
 
-  s.add_dependency "actionpack", ">= 5.2.4.5"
-  s.add_dependency "actionview", ">= 5.2.4.5"
-  s.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 5.2.4.5"
-  s.add_dependency "view_component", "2.83.0"
+  s.add_dependency "actionpack", ">= 7.1.0"
+  s.add_dependency "actionview", ">= 7.1.0"
+  s.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 7.1.0"
+  s.add_dependency "view_component", "4.3.0"
   s.add_dependency "vite_rails"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "brakeman", "7.0.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "byebug", ">= 11.0.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rails", ">= 5.2.4.5"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rails", ">= 7.1.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-html-matchers", "0.9.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 3.8", ">= 3.8.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rubocop"