diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 48345bbd6..a7577b585 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gem "json"
 gem "rgeo", "~> 0.5.0"
 gem "multi_json", "1.3.6"
 gem "railroad", "0.5.0"
-gem "recaptcha", "0.3.4", :require => "recaptcha/rails"
+gem "recaptcha", "4.8.0", :require => "recaptcha/rails"
 gem "ruby-graphviz", "1.0.8"
 gem "safe_attributes"
 gem "seer", "0.10.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 56820fce7..83f34285e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
     rake (12.3.0)
-    recaptcha (0.3.4)
+    recaptcha (4.8.0)
+      json
     rgeo (0.5.3)
     rgeo-activerecord (4.0.5)
       activerecord (~> 4.2)
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   railroad (= 0.5.0)
   rails (= 4.2.10)
   rails3-restful-authentication (~> 3.0.1)
-  recaptcha (= 0.3.4)
+  recaptcha (= 4.8.0)
   rgeo (~> 0.5.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 3.0)
   rspec_api_documentation
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 1759f0241..d76604555 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def create
     if Rails.env == "test"
       success = @user && @user.save
     else
-      success = verify_recaptcha(:model => @user, :message => "Please re-enter the words from the image again.") && @user && @user.save
+      success = verify_recaptcha(:model => @user) && @user && @user.save
     end
 
     if success && @user.errors.empty?
diff --git a/app/views/users/new.html.erb b/app/views/users/new.html.erb
index 6398e1d63..a8148643e 100644
--- a/app/views/users/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/new.html.erb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <em>* Any request for page access higher then Viewer or data access higher then External researcher must be approved by an administrator</em>
 
         <% if Rails.env != "test" %>
-          <%= recaptcha_tags ssl: true %>
+          <%= recaptcha_tags %>
         <% end %>
 
         <div class="form-actions">
diff --git a/config/initializers/recaptcha.rb b/config/initializers/recaptcha.rb
index 8b1007d78..bf0a3799a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/recaptcha.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/recaptcha.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
   Recaptcha.configure do |config|
-    config.public_key  = '6Ld5M9kSAAAAAK7eXugwXriDcyIOvl3V1NVyiXl9'
-    config.private_key = '6Ld5M9kSAAAAAFBmB5WmUHoyLIcKDxAasvFp_uCz'
+    config.site_key   = '6Lch410UAAAAAEhnOjVOv01AhJlpVZccr1Icab0W'
+    config.secret_key = '6Lch410UAAAAAFnuVX_RaI9-gRcjnG2o7ijtyUny'
   end