diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index ffd6a98d..cdb4a347 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   include PageHelper
 
-  protect_from_forgery(with: :exception)
   before_action(:check_api!)
   before_action(:store_user_location!, if: :storable_location?)
 
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index d3bd5efb..d6da8ebf 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 module CandidatusExcubia
   class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
-    config.load_defaults 5.1
+    config.load_defaults 5.2
 
     # Boolean handling of SQLite3
     config.active_record.sqlite3&.represent_boolean_as_integer = true