diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fd80488b5..e79a0a458 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'codeclimate-test-reporter', '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.8'
   gem 'factory_bot_rails', '~> 4.8', '>= 4.8.2'
   gem 'shoulda-matchers', '~> 3.1'
-  gem 'faker'
+  gem 'faker', '~> 1.9'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'elasticsearch-extensions', '~> 0.0.29'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d8ec64976..6b1eadde7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ GEM
     factory_bot_rails (4.11.1)
       factory_bot (~> 4.11.1)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
-    faker (2.1.0)
+    faker (1.9.6)
       i18n (>= 0.7)
     faraday (0.14.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   equivalent-xml (~> 0.6.0)
   facets
   factory_bot_rails (~> 4.8, >= 4.8.2)
-  faker
+  faker (~> 1.9)
   faraday_middleware-aws-sigv4 (~> 0.2.4)
   fast_jsonapi (~> 1.3)
   flipper (~> 0.16.0)