diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a3512262f8..4cb1351c38 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    faker (2.6.0)
+    faker (2.7.0)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 1.8)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/faker/version.rb b/lib/faker/version.rb
index 7deb3c14ac..8cfcfe1bca 100644
--- a/lib/faker/version.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Faker #:nodoc:
-  VERSION = '2.6.0'
+  VERSION = '2.7.0'
 end