diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a4a2cc91c..6f30b2da0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara', '~> 3.35'
   gem 'climate_control', '~> 0.2'
-  gem 'faker', '~> 2.16'
+  gem 'faker', '~> 2.17'
   gem 'microformats', '~> 4.2'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing', '~> 1.0'
   gem 'rspec-sidekiq', '~> 3.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b59cfb1f3..d30a0334d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ GEM
       tzinfo
     excon (0.76.0)
     fabrication (2.21.1)
-    faker (2.16.0)
+    faker (2.17.0)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
     faraday (1.3.0)
       faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7)
   ed25519 (~> 1.2)
   fabrication (~> 2.21)
-  faker (~> 2.16)
+  faker (~> 2.17)
   fast_blank (~> 1.0)
   fastimage
   fog-core (<= 2.1.0)