diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 47771556439..7817dd9fb3c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara', '~> 3.29'
   gem 'climate_control', '~> 0.2'
-  gem 'faker', '~> 2.8'
+  gem 'faker', '~> 2.9'
   gem 'microformats', '~> 4.1'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing', '~> 1.0'
   gem 'rspec-sidekiq', '~> 3.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e28840f83d4..b8d295970e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ GEM
       tzinfo
     excon (0.71.0)
     fabrication (2.21.0)
-    faker (2.8.1)
+    faker (2.9.0)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 1.8)
     faraday (0.15.4)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   doorkeeper (~> 5.2)
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7)
   fabrication (~> 2.21)
-  faker (~> 2.8)
+  faker (~> 2.9)
   fast_blank (~> 1.0)
   fastimage
   fog-core (<= 2.1.0)