diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9df8c36..db45a9e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'govuk-lint', '~> 3.11'
   gem 'pry-byebug'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
-  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.8'
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index caf8084..59a8222 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ GEM
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.1.4)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.5)
     connection_pool (2.2.1)
     crack (0.4.3)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ GEM
       ruby_parser (~> 3.5)
     http-cookie (1.0.3)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
-    i18n (1.5.3)
+    i18n (1.6.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     jaro_winkler (1.5.2)
     jquery-rails (4.3.1)
@@ -253,23 +253,23 @@ GEM
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
       netrc (~> 0.8)
-    rspec-core (3.7.1)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.7.0)
+    rspec-core (3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.8.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.7.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-rails (3.7.2)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-rails (3.8.2)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-support (3.7.1)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-support (3.8.0)
     rubocop (0.65.0)
       jaro_winkler (~> 1.5.1)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (~> 3.0)
   rails (~> 5.1.6)
   rails-controller-testing
-  rspec-rails (~> 3.5)
+  rspec-rails (~> 3.8)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   sidekiq
   timeliness (~> 0.3.8)