diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f6c705765..d3056c929 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gem 'browser'
 gem 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.7.7'
 gem 'iso-639'
 gem 'chewy', '~> 5.1'
-gem 'cld3', '~> 3.2.6'
+gem 'cld3', '~> 3.3.0'
 gem 'devise', '~> 4.7'
 gem 'devise-two-factor', '~> 3.1'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cd255bc3e..82e6360ff 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ GEM
       elasticsearch (>= 2.0.0)
       elasticsearch-dsl
     chunky_png (1.3.11)
-    cld3 (3.2.6)
+    cld3 (3.3.0)
       ffi (>= 1.1.0, < 1.12.0)
     climate_control (0.2.0)
     cocaine (0.5.8)
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara (~> 3.31)
   charlock_holmes (~> 0.7.7)
   chewy (~> 5.1)
-  cld3 (~> 3.2.6)
+  cld3 (~> 3.3.0)
   climate_control (~> 0.2)
   concurrent-ruby
   connection_pool
diff --git a/app/lib/language_detector.rb b/app/lib/language_detector.rb
index 302072bcc..05a06726d 100644
--- a/app/lib/language_detector.rb
+++ b/app/lib/language_detector.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ class LanguageDetector
 
   def detect_language_code(text)
     return if unreliable_input?(text)
+
     result = @identifier.find_language(text)
-    iso6391(result.language.to_s).to_sym if result.reliable?
+
+    iso6391(result.language.to_s).to_sym if result&.reliable?
   end
 
   def iso6391(bcp47)