diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1cf7ba826..16fdde7b8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gem 'apipie-rails', '~> 0.5' # Easy API documentation
 gem 'maruku', '~> 0.7' # Needed for apipie-rails markdown support
 
 # UTILS
-gem 'faker', '~> 1.9' # Easily generate fake data (used for seeding dev/test/staging)
+gem 'faker', '~> 2.5' # Easily generate fake data (used for seeding dev/test/staging)
 gem 'honey_format', '~> 0.19' # Simple CSV reading
 
 # DEVELOPMENT/TEST/DOCS
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1183a5cc9..1ef0a6219 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ GEM
     factory_bot_rails (4.11.1)
       factory_bot (~> 4.11.1)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
-    faker (1.9.3)
-      i18n (>= 0.7)
+    faker (2.5.0)
+      i18n (~> 1.6.0)
     faraday (0.15.4)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     fast_blank (1.0.0)
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dotenv-rails (~> 2.7)
   email_reply_parser (~> 0.5)
   factory_bot_rails (~> 4.11)
-  faker (~> 1.9)
+  faker (~> 2.5)
   fast_blank (~> 1.0)
   fast_xs (~> 0.8)
   fog (~> 2.1)