diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bfbb14f08..9bf654fd5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara', '~> 3.38'
   gem 'climate_control', '~> 0.2'
-  gem 'faker', '~> 3.0'
+  gem 'faker', '~> 3.1'
   gem 'json-schema', '~> 3.0'
   gem 'microformats', '~> 4.4'
   gem 'rack-test', '~> 2.0'  
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 00e8dcfd9..8dcbd9d9c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ GEM
       tzinfo
     excon (0.95.0)
     fabrication (2.30.0)
-    faker (3.0.0)
+    faker (3.1.0)
       i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
     faraday (1.9.3)
       faraday-em_http (~> 1.0)
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.8)
   ed25519 (~> 1.3)
   fabrication (~> 2.30)
-  faker (~> 3.0)
+  faker (~> 3.1)
   fast_blank (~> 1.0)
   fastimage
   fog-core (<= 2.4.0)