diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fc0e46..23c6973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Upgraded 'qonsole-rails' gem to include latest accessibility updates
+  [v2.4.2](https://github.com/epimorphics/qonsole-rails/releases/tag/2.4.2)
 - Upgraded `rubocop` and updated linting configuration.
   [#208](https://github.com/epimorphics/lr-landing/issues/208)
 - Bumped development tooling: `byebug`, `solargraph`, and `ruby-lsp`.
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c08b313..2b41721 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ group :development do
   gem 'derailed_benchmarks'
   gem 'ruby-lsp'
   gem 'solargraph'
-  # Devtools panel for Rails development - loading from the GitHub repo
-  # (https://github.com/dejan/rails_panel/issues/209#issuecomment-2621877079_)
-  gem 'meta_request', github: 'dejan/rails_panel', ref: 'meta_request-v0.8.5'
-
   # Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> in views
   gem 'web-console'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2322c05..c192b1e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-GIT
-  remote: https://github.com/dejan/rails_panel.git
-  revision: fed66f8a4ac2d11aa05ebf7d50e1d4d1e745423f
-  ref: meta_request-v0.8.5
-  specs:
-    meta_request (0.8.5)
-      rack-contrib (>= 1.1, < 3)
-      railties (>= 3.0.0, < 9)
-
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/marlinpierce/jquery-datatables-rails.git
   revision: ff67ccfd7b064e0512465186e962e0078d570517
@@ -144,7 +135,7 @@ GEM
     erb (6.0.1)
     erubi (1.13.1)
     execjs (2.10.0)
-    faraday (2.14.0)
+    faraday (2.14.1)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.5)
       json
       logger
@@ -215,8 +206,9 @@ GEM
     i18n (1.14.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     io-console (0.8.2)
-    irb (1.16.0)
+    irb (1.17.0)
       pp (>= 0.6.0)
+      prism (>= 1.3.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
     jaro_winkler (1.6.1)
@@ -227,7 +219,7 @@ GEM
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
-    json (2.18.0)
+    json (2.18.1)
     kramdown (2.5.2)
       rexml (>= 3.4.4)
     kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
@@ -263,7 +255,7 @@ GEM
     mutex_m (0.3.0)
     net-http (0.9.1)
       uri (>= 0.11.1)
-    net-imap (0.6.2)
+    net-imap (0.6.3)
       date
       net-protocol
     net-pop (0.1.2)
@@ -312,9 +304,7 @@ GEM
       prometheus-client (>= 0.10)
       puma (>= 6.6.0, != 7.0.0)
     racc (1.8.1)
-    rack (3.2.4)
-    rack-contrib (2.5.0)
-      rack (< 4)
+    rack (3.2.5)
     rack-session (2.1.1)
       base64 (>= 0.1.0)
       rack (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -360,7 +350,7 @@ GEM
     rbs (3.10.3)
       logger
       tsort
-    rdoc (7.1.0)
+    rdoc (7.2.0)
       erb
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
       tsort
@@ -525,7 +515,7 @@ GEM
       modernizr-rails (~> 2.7)
       modulejs-rails (~> 2.2.0)
       rails (~> 8.0)
-    qonsole_rails (2.4.1)
+    qonsole_rails (2.4.2)
       faraday (~> 2.13)
       faraday-encoding (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.6)
       faraday-follow_redirects (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.0)
@@ -564,7 +554,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails
   json_rails_logger!
   lr_common_styles!
-  meta_request!
   prometheus-client
   puma
   puma-metrics