diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a02f1241..bc8f7d90 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gem 'cmless', '1.0.0'
 gem 'htmlentities', '~> 4.3.2'
 gem 'curb' # curl
 
-gem 'blacklight', '~> 5.11.1'
+gem 'blacklight', git: 'https://github.com/WGBH-MLA/blacklight', branch: '5.11.3-dont-save-searches'
 gem 'solrizer'
 gem 'rsolr'
 gem 'jettywrapper'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b58184b0..751b0729 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/WGBH-MLA/blacklight
+  revision: dcd83f13d4653ba2a080dda49a9ea47368d907dd
+  branch: 5.11.3-dont-save-searches
+  specs:
+    blacklight (5.11.3)
+      bootstrap-sass (~> 3.2)
+      deprecation
+      kaminari (~> 0.13)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.6)
+      rails (>= 3.2.6, < 5)
+      rsolr (~> 1.0.11)
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -60,13 +73,6 @@ GEM
       babel-source (>= 4.0, < 6)
       execjs (~> 2.0)
     bigdecimal (1.3.5)
-    blacklight (5.11.3)
-      bootstrap-sass (~> 3.2)
-      deprecation
-      kaminari (~> 0.13)
-      nokogiri (~> 1.6)
-      rails (>= 3.2.6, < 5)
-      rsolr (~> 1.0.11)
     blacklight_range_limit (7.0.0)
       blacklight
       jquery-rails
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ GEM
     connection_pool (2.2.3)
     crass (1.0.6)
     curb (0.9.11)
-    deprecation (1.0.0)
+    deprecation (1.1.0)
       activesupport
     diff-lcs (1.4.4)
     erubis (2.7.0)
@@ -285,7 +291,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   actionpack-page_caching
   aws-sdk (~> 2)
   bigdecimal (= 1.3.5)
-  blacklight (~> 5.11.1)
+  blacklight!
   blacklight_range_limit
   bootstrap-sass (= 3.4.1)
   cancan